Government is set to officially roll out its Nkoko Nkitinkiti Programme in the first week of October 2025, Food and Agriculture Minister, Eric Opoku, has disclosed.
The programme was originally slated to be launched in July this year, but was postponed as a result of limited consultation and engagement.
The poultry farmers and other stakeholders raised several concerns about the lack of engagement and consultation, leading to the renewed plans to bring the initiative to bear this October.
With Ghana spending over US$300 million annually to import poultry, the initiative is aimed at reducing this heavy reliance on the foreign poultry costing the nation these huge sums of money.
The sector Minister, Eric Opoku, addressing the media after the launch of the second phase of the West Africa Livestock Marketing Programme (PACBAO) organised by the ECOWAS Commission in Accra Tuesday, September 9, 2025, assured poultry farmers that the revised date for the launch would be honoured.
“Plans are at an advanced stage, and it is expected that by the first week of October, His Excellency the President will officially launch the programme. The media will be invited, after which distribution will begin across various constituencies to reach beneficiary farmers. We are finalizing the beneficiary list and completing procurement processes with contractors to supply the birds. Very soon, implementation will take off,” he stated.
The Nkoko Nkitinkiti Programme is being positioned as a flagship intervention to empower local farmers and reduce the poultry import gap.
By supporting domestic production, the Ministry aims not only to save foreign exchange but also create sustainable jobs, particularly for youth and women in rural communities.
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