President John Dramani Mahama has pledged his full support to transform the National Service Authority’s poultry farm at Papao into a center of excellence that will serve as a producing farm, a training hub, and a research facility.
“I pledge to develop this poultry farm into a center of excellence a farm that will produce, train, and also serve as a research facility,” Mahama said during a tour of the project.
He revealed that he had already discussed the initiative with the Minister of Finance and would push for more investment in the farm..
“I will request funds for a processing plant, hostels, vehicles, and solar power to boost electricity supply, he will have no hesitation in approving them,” he stated.
Mahama also announced the upcoming launch of the Nkokɔ Nkitinkiti Project, a nationwide poultry program designed to support producers at all levels.
“Large-scale producers will get about four million day-old chicks, medium-scale producers three million, and household entrepreneurs will also be supported with chicks, feed, and vaccinations,” he explained.
To sustain the initiative, he said poultry processing plants will be established across the country, with the first already at the procurement stage.
“These plants will process and package poultry under the Nkokɔ Nkitinkiti brand for direct distribution to supermarkets and cold stores,” he noted.
President stressed that the project would drastically reduce Ghana’s poultry import bill.
“Within three years, we should be producing almost 100 percent of the chicken we consume in Ghana ourselves. We don’t need to keep bringing in nkokɔfunu from outside — chickens that are often genetically modified or injected with hormones,” Mahama declared.
“What we want is fresh, healthy, Ghanaian-grown chicken for our people.
Poultry raised by our farmers, supported by our youth, and consumed by our households,” he emphasized.
Presodent John Mahama assured stakeholders that the Papao project would become a model for the entire sub-region.
“We will make this a model so that people from across West Africa will come here to study what our National Service personnel and volunteers have achieved,” he said.
