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The Vice President of the Sunyani Poultry Farmers Association, Johnson Yeboah, has criticised the government for failing to engage key industry stakeholders ahead of the official launch of the much-publicised ‘Nkukor Nkitinkiti’ poultry initiative.
His comments come amid growing frustration among poultry farmers in the Bono Region, many of whom are selling off their birds due to an oversupply of eggs that has triggered severe financial strain.
The government is expected to launch the ‘Nkukor Nkitinkiti’ programme on Wednesday, November 10, 2025. The initiative—first proposed by President John Dramani Mahama during the 2024 election campaign—aims to boost domestic poultry production by providing day-old chicks, feed, and veterinary support to households across the country.
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However, Mr Yeboah said the government had failed to honour its promise to consult the poultry industry before rolling out the project.
“You hear the government, past and present, always talking about the industry, but they do not engage with us, the stakeholders, to know the challenges we have and how to solve them. Typical of such is the government’s ‘Nkukor Nkitinkiti’,” he said on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday.
He dismissed government claims about plans to distribute 80,000 birds to farmers as “lip service”, stressing that poultry farming is a technical industry that cannot be managed as a political exercise.
“You cannot just throw out birds into the system in the name of a campaign promise. People are rushing to local assemblies to register for the programme, and many are not even poultry farmers. How do they take care of these birds? Without proper market channels, we risk creating major problems, including disease outbreaks,” he cautioned.
Mr Yeboah also decried the worsening egg glut, revealing that some farmers are now burying unsold eggs due to lack of buyers.
“We have farmers sitting on eggs they cannot sell. Some are digging holes to bury them. If indeed the government wants to help, then they should come down and engage with us,” he added.
Ghana’s poultry industry has long battled high feed costs, unstable markets, and limited access to credit—challenges stakeholders say must be addressed to make any government intervention truly sustainable.
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