The day was instituted in 2005 to promote consumption of chocolate on
Speaking at the ceremony the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs
She said the increase in patronage offered opportunities to artisanal cocoa makers to provide employment and generate revenue for the country.
She encouraged Ghanaians to patronise made in
She urged cocoa products entrepreneurs to explore more ways of presenting cocoa products in a manner that would appeal to both local and international consumers and to make it easy to penetrate the international markets.
Mrs Oteng-Gyasi said this year's celebration was in memory of
She said the Chocolate Day was initiated 15 years ago by the late
The Chief Executive of COCOBOD,
He said cocoa had a lot of health benefits for both the young and the old saying that "it protects the body against diseases such as cancer, diabetes and other common ailments."
He said cocoa has antioxidants that protect the heart, skin and other organs of the body to promote good health and impressed on events organisers to insist cocoa products were added to the menu.
On his part, the Chief Executive officer of GTA, Mr
A citation in honour of the late
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