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Cocoa Marketing Company terminate
staff over short-weight shipment
Accra, Sept. 19, Ghanadot/GNA – The Management of Cocoa
Marketing Company Limited has terminated the appointments of
37 members of staff who constituted the take-over staff at
the Takoradi Port Sheds as well as the Apowa Sheds following
recommendations of a committee that investigated the
taking-over and shipment of short-weight cocoa.
A statement signed in Accra on Wednesday by Mr Isaac Osei,
Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board, said the termination
of the appointments took effect from September 10.
It said six supervisors and the Area Coordinators had also
been suspended from duty without pay with effect from
September 10.
Meanwhile, it said, Mrs Peggy Gavua, Depot Keeper, Apowa
Shed “E” had been dismissed for receiving short-weight cocoa
into stock after a shortage of 99 bags of cocoa was
discovered in her shed during the stock-taking exercise.
Cocobod said Mrs Gavua, who absconded from duty since June
14 and had since not been traced, had therefore been
dismissed with effect from September 10.
In another development, Cocobod has, with immediate effect
revoked the licence of Sunshine Commodities Limited, a cocoa
buying company.
It said the company and its directors were banned from
transacting any cocoa business in Ghana and any individual,
group or company that did business with it on behalf of
Cocobod did so at their own risk.
GNA
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