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The Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Mr. Joseph Boahen Aidoo has directed the Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama to apply for the cocoa road audit reports if he needs it.

According to him, the report of the audit conducted on the construction of cocoa roads in some parts of the country cannot be made public as it is meant to assist the management of the projects.

Mr. Joseph Boahen Aidoo stressed that individuals including the former President who has an interest in the cocoa roads audit reports must go through the required application process to access the reports.

“Nobody is hiding anything from anybody with respect to this report, why do we have to publish it? This was COCOBOD’s operation, it was intended for an administrative purpose, If you need it, you just have to apply for it,” he said.

Speaking in an interview with JoyNews, he maintained that the Mahama administration did not give Ghanaians value for money in awarding of those contracts as the cost of the road projects was inflated.

He, however, indicated that through the cocoa roads audit that was done, COCOBOD has been able to save hundreds of millions.

Former President John Mahama challenged the government to publish the audit report of cocoa roads which accused him of awarding over 229 road contracts to the tune of ¢3.5 billion under the cocoa roads project to the detriment of COCOBOD’s finances.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP), therefore, halted the construction of the cocoa roads across the country in 2017 over allegation of inflated cost among other wrongdoings.

The flagbearer of the NDC, John Mahama has dared the government to produce the said report adding that the government deliberately started reconstructing the roads a few months to the election for political gains.