Nigeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, and Ghana have announced plans to join forces to boost Cocoa production. Minister of State for Industry Trade and Investment, John Owan Enoh, in a statement yesterday, by his Special Assistant on Media, Odenke Ibiang, also disclosed that Nigeria would sign a national compact on processing what it grows. Enoh noted that the countries that grow most of the world’s cocoa will gather in Abuja next week  to declare that the century of exporting raw beans is over. “At the Cocoa Value Addition Summit 2026, convened by the Federal Government of Nigeria under the theme From Bean to Brand, delegations of Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria will sign the Abuja Declaration, establishing a Cocoa Value Addition Alliance through which the four nations, the source of some two thirds of global cocoa production, will negotiate, set standards and engage world markets as one bloc. “Nigeria will also sign the Cocoa Value Addition Accord, a national compact binding the Federal Government, the Governors of its cocoa-producing states, farmer and industry associations, researchers and development financiers to measurable commitments on processing, farmer income and investment, with a delivery council chaired by the Honourable Minister of State for Industry and progress reported publicly each year.

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