Wenchi: Implementation of the first phase of the 'Nkoko Nketenkete' initiative, the government's flagship poultry revitalization program, has begun in Wenchi in the Bono Region, with the distribution of 10,000 birds in the municipality.
According to Ghana News Agency, beneficiary farmers spread across about 30 households received 30 birds each during a distribution exercise held at Wenchi. Madam Gloria Opoku Gyamfi, the Wenchi Municipal Chief Executive, emphasized that more poultry farmers in the area would benefit from the birds. She commended President John Dramani Mahama for the 'Nkoko Nketenkete' initiative, urging the beneficiaries to take proper care of the birds, as this would determine and inform the implementation of the second phase of the initiative.
Some of the beneficiaries, who spoke to the Ghana News Agency, expressed their gratitude to President Mahama for the birds and pledged to take good care of the animals. They noted that the initiative would significantly improve and enable them to expand their poultry farms, thereby enhancing their socio-economic livelihoods.