The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo says the nation is prepared to invite other cocoa-delivering nations in the sub-district to the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative. 



Despite the fact that the underlying understanding communities on the two biggest cocoa-creating nations in Africa, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, the secretariat says it is anticipating remember other Africa nations for cocoa creation. 


Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire on Thursday consented to an arrangement between the Government of Ghana and the Côte d'Ivoire – Ghana Cocoa Initiative, which makes Ghana the host of the secretariat, with the sole liability of giving a super durable spot to the smooth running of the association. 


Talking at the marking function in Accra on Thursday, Mr. Boahen Aidoo said its entryways are available to get other cocoa-creating African Countries to the understanding. 


"Various nations are thumping on the entryways of the drive to join. A day is hence coming when the secretariat in Accra will serve Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, yet all cocoa-creating nations in the West African Sub-locale and then some. The choice to carry the secretariat to Accra has put on more weight and influence with the actual presence of the secretariat of the African Continental Free exchange Area (AfCFTA) effectively in Accra," he said. 


One Monumental accomplishment of the Côte d'Ivoire – Ghana Cocoa Initiative is the Living Income Differential (LID) which tries to work on the procuring of cocoa ranchers in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. However the LID is because of happened in October, the new drive denotes a proper advance towards nearer ties and is pointed toward advancing its cocoa ventures universally. 


On her part, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway said the secretariat denotes a more significant level of enterprise between the 2 forerunners in cocoa creation. 


"Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire have, throughout the long term, collaborated in a few ways towards guaranteeing financial advancement in our particular nations, with the most conspicuous and ongoing space of participation being the reception of different supportability drives which ensure good salaries for cocoa ranchers in the two West African cocoa-delivering nations." 


"This joint exceptional accomplishment peaked the direction to the accomplishment of the Côte d'Ivoire – Ghana Cocoa Initiative. The choice by the Steering Committee of the drive to set up its secretariat to be settled in Ghana implied that a few conventions must be settled upon between the Government of Ghana on one side and the Côte d'Ivoire – Ghana Cocoa Initiative on the opposite side," she said.