Catholic Bishops Step Into Raging Cocoa Crisis

Catholic Bishops demand urgent action to rescue cocoa sector

THE Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has called for decisive measures to rescue Ghana’s struggling cocoa sector, describing the worsening crisis as a moral and economic emergency. In a statement signed and issued by its President, Most Rev. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, in Accra on Friday, and copied The Ghanaian Times, the Conference expressed grave concern over the deepening challenges confronting cocoa farmers, particularly delays in payment for co…

Catholic Bishops Step Into Raging Cocoa Crisis

Most Rev. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi   There is no letup to the cocoa crisis as the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference steps into the fray. In a strongly-worded statement last week, the highly revered Catholic grouping expressed concern about the crisis which has gripped this critical sector of the economy. The Friday, February 20, 2026 statement, signed by Most Rev. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, who is the Bishop of Sunyani and President of the Ghana Catholi…