Newsfile with Samson Lardy Anyenini (28-2-26)

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🔴 02:27 - Osahen Afenyo-Markin's SONA
🔴 59:16 - Samson's Take
🔴 01:05:32 - The SONA: A Promise or present reality?
🔴 02:04:16 - The SONA: Cocoa haircut blues: Petition to OSP/CHRAJ, grave or sham?

The 2026 SONA has sparked intense debate across Ghana, covering cocoa prices, macroeconomic stability, energy costs, and rural livelihoods. Alexander Afenyo-Markin, Minority Leader, criticizes the government for a lack of transparency on cocoa pricing, unfair treatment of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, and excessive focus on Goldbod reserves, while insisting that citizens and the government as a whole have failed farmers. He warns that political theatrics should not replace accountability.

Sedzudzi Tamakloe praises Cocobod’s proactive management, noting Ghana’s cocoa prices are better than neighboring countries. Dennis Miracles Aboagye cautions that Mahama’s speeches give a glossy picture that masks real struggles, including high electricity costs and misleading claims about cocoa price reductions.

Fred Dzanku stresses that macroeconomic gains must reach citizens through higher real wages, and cocoa price issues should be discussed within the broader rural economy. He commends the government’s prudence in not borrowing to support farmers, calling instead for economic buffers and structural reforms. Prof. Agyeman-Duah warns that cocoa may no longer remain Ghana’s backbone, highlights long-standing exploitation of farmers, and exposes corruption in the electricity sector.

Entrepreneur Victoria Bright calls the cocoa sector a “moment of structural truth,” urging an end to cocoa politics, careful implementation of ambitious reforms, and creation of stabilisation mechanisms to protect farmers who have suffered in silence for too long.

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