KOBBY

Work is progressing steadily on a Specialist Cardiology Center at the Tamale Teaching Hospital.

Funded by the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, the Center will host vital Cardiology facilities like a CATHLAB which presently is not available in all 5 Regions of the Northern part of Ghana.

Work is expected to be completed by the last quarter of this year.

President Mahama inspected progress of work this morning as part of his Resetting Ghana Tour.

Breaking:::

Two suspected armed robbers reportedly tested their fate with police officers at Tema Community 6 and were shot dead.

Hon. Cassiel Ato Forson, Finance Minister writes;

Government has decided to increase the producer price of cocoa to GHS3,625 per bag or GHS58,000 per tonne.

This represents an increase of about GHS400 per bag, equivalent to a 12.27% rise over the price announced in August.

The new price takes effect tomorrow, Friday, 3rd October 2025.

Margins, fees, and rates to all other stakeholders, including COCOBOD, remain unchanged.

COCOBOD will continue to implement interventions to support cocoa production and improve the welfare of cocoa farmers.

In particular, COCOBOD will intensify the supply of free cocoa fertilizers (liquid and granular), free insecticides, free spraying machines, free fungicides, and free flower inducers.

n addition, COCOBOD remains on track to implement the new Tertiary Education Scholarship Scheme for children of cocoa farmers in the 2026/27 academic year.

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