Speaking on TV3’s The KeyPoints on February 21, 2026, Issah said that when arrests are eventually made over the “rot” allegedly created at COCOBOD, critics should not characterise the actions as a witch-hunt. “When we soon start arresting people over the rot created at COCOBOD, no one should claim they are being witch-hunted,” he warned. When you look at what happened, you ask yourself what kind of decisions were taken,” he argued. Ahiagbah maintained the situation stemmed from risky marketing decisions and the timing of cocoa sales rather than structural mismanagement. He warned that such extensive indebtedness undermines the institution’s ability to borrow further or sustain additional bailouts.

Source: GhanaWeb February 23, 2026 13:23 UTC