COCOBOD denies a report of $ 10,000 a day

General News on Wednesday, January 16th, 2019

Source: dailyguideafrica.com

2019-01-16

The Ghana Cocoa Council (COCOBOD) has denied reports that its president, Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, would have pocketed $ 10,000 a day for a trip abroad in which he did not embark.

In a recent publication entitled "Hackman's Cocobod Blues – Accused of Pocketing $ 10,000 a Day", the Whatsup News digital news platform made numerous allegations against the head of COCOBOD, including his allegedly authoritarian leaders.

According to Whatsup News, "The charges against Ghana's board chairman, Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, appear to be worsening as insiders tell how he would have pocketed a $ 10,000 per diem allowance. a trip that he did not undertake. "

But COCOBOD's public affairs department said in a statement that "the allegation that Hackman Owusu-Agyemang" pocketed "about $ 10,000 a day for a trip he did not undertake is completely false."

COCOBOD said it was "planned to attend a corporate governance and leadership program outside the country for which per diems were paid".

He added that "unfortunately for health reasons, Mr. Owusu-Agyemang was not able to participate in the program. He returned the entire amount paid to the solicitor's secretary from whom he had initially received the money. "

The statement noted that the program in question, to which the chairman of the board of directors was prevented, was organized for the benefit of board members and officers of companies and organizations. around the world, contrary to Whatsup News reports that the trip was intended for COCOBOD's technical staff. .

Among the issues raised in the Whatsup News report, it was clarified that the current COCOBOD staff did not make the decision to abolish the COCOBOD staff bonus system, as was alleged, and no one – nor the president of the board or any other person – does not advocate the cessation of payment of bonuses.

"We would like to point out that COCOBOD's board of directors is made up of highly reputable people and that no one can make a decision on behalf of the board. The chairman of the board and his colleagues have a cordial relationship. He is not authoritarian. "

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