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Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) Executive Director (CEO) Joseph Boahen Aidoo visited two elementary schools in the Ahafo region to celebrate this year’s Chocolate Week with pupils and students.
Addressing students and pupils separately in the basic schools of the Boaso and Twewaho Municipal Assembly (M / A) near Duayaw-Nkwanta in the region’s Tano Norte municipality, Mr. Aidoo listed the socio-economic importance of cocoa for the nation and the health benefits of chocolate to children.
He said that cocoa was very important to the nation because it provided food, income, employment and industrial raw materials, and in addition to providing livelihoods for many farmers, cocoa also provided raw materials for the multibillion dollar global chocolate industry.
Mr. Aidoo distributed chocolate to schoolchildren, noting that it “greatly helps to fight cardiovascular diseases and improves the intelligence of children.”
He explained that Valentine’s Day had been called “Chocolate Day” in Ghana to encourage the consumption of more chocolate and other locally produced cocoa products.
The COCOBOD CEO urged school children to wear their nasal masks everywhere, especially in public places, practice regular hand washing with soap under running water, and also follow all other directives and protocols against the spread of the disease. coronavirus (COVID-19).
The Prefect of Girls of the M / A Basic School of Boaso, Kadijatu Musah, on behalf of the schoolchildren expressed her gratitude to COCOBOD for the affection shown by including them in the national celebration of chocolate week this year.
