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Nigeria revives cocoa board to regulate booming sector

  • New regulatory body will not fix prices, but aims to improve quality and sustainability
  • Nigeria seeks to catch up with Ghana and Ivory Coast on cocoa oversight and output

Abuja, Nigeria – Nigeria has approved the establishment of a National Cocoa Management Board to regulate the industry, nearly four decades after the old state-run board was dismantled.

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