“Ghanaians in the diaspora are no longer sending money home like before. We warned our families not to vote NPP out, but they refused, so we’re no longer interested in helping them,” - Kingsley Adumattah Agyapong, NPP UK Chairman

“Students involved in the SWESBUS assault incident should be disciplined, not dismissed. Expulsion could turn them into school dropouts and put their future at risk.” - Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, Former Director-General, Ghana Education Service

“Randy Abbey is not to blame for COCOBOD’s problems. Critics are just trying to tarnish his reputation and make him a scapegoat. The real issue stems from NPP’s mismanagement of the sector.” - Dr. Samuel Ayeh, Presidential Aide (Government Communications)

“The NPP should be the last to talk about the cocoa pricing issues; they contributed to the problems the sector is facing.” - Dr. Peter Boamah Otokunor

COCOBOD owes farmers GH₵11 billion. How can it realistically pay them as directed by the Finance Minister, and where will the funds come from to settle this debt? - Fiifi Boafo, Former Head of Public Affairs, COCOBOD.

“Since when have they cared more about cocoa farmers than pensioners?” - Felix Kwakye Ofosu, government spokesperson, lashes out at the NPP over its criticism of the new cocoa price.

ONE-ON-ONE with Eric Opoku, Minister for Food and Agriculture: "Cocobod under the NPP left a rollover of 330,000 tonnes. Per the Cocobod transition document I have, if I make it public, no NPP communicator will dare to speak on cocoa issues or challenge it."

"Dr. Randy Abbey should be sacked immediately. He is incompetent and even arrogant, and his continued stay in office will undermine President Mahama’s goodwill." - Rev. Charles Owusu, Former Head of Monitoring at the Forestry Commission

"Ofosu Nkansah has finally been granted bail and will no longer face court. His case was clearly politically motivated, because immediately after giving an interview on this show, we were called back and the bail process began," - Nana Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, MP for Manhyia South and lawyer for Kofi Ofosu Nkansah

"COCOBOD CEO Dr. Randy Abbey and other responsible officers should be sacked. The government must restore the cocoa price to GHC 3,600 and provide support as farmers struggle," - Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, MP for Ofoase Ayirebi, on the revised cocoa price.