"Unacceptable"-Chief condemns NDC's attempt to disrupt Minority's cocoa farmers' engagement event

Nana Kwadwo Nsiah I, Chief of Bonkrom, described an alleged attempt by members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as "unacceptable." The attempt was to disrupt a farmers' engagement organised by the Minority Caucus in his community. He said, "Today's incident was unacceptable."

The incident occurred on Tuesday, March 17, in the Ahafo Ano North District of the Ashanti Region. It happened during the second day of the Minority Caucus's tour engaging cocoa farmers on concerns over the recent cocoa price cut. Tensions reportedly flared when local NDC officials scheduled a parallel meeting with the same group of farmers at the same durbar grounds in Bonkrom. Security personnel, including police and immigration officers, intervened. Yaw Ofori, a farmer, said the meeting was initially planned for Akwasiase but had to be relocated to Bonkrom due to fears of disruption. He said, "Our MP initially told us that we would be meeting the NPP MPs at Akwasiase. However, we received information that supporters of the NDC were planning to disrupt the meeting, so we decided to change the venue to Bonkrom. Despite this change, they still tried to cause chaos and almost disrupted the programme."

The leadership of the Minority Caucus is yet to officially comment on the incident, while the NDC has also not issued a response.