Mahama Inspects Bechem Meat Plant, Declares City Ghana’s Chicken Capital

According to an official developmental report filed by reporter Kester Aburam Korankye for Graphic Online, President John Dramani Mahama inspected ongoing construction at the Poultry, Meat, and Feed Processing Plant at Bechem in the Ahafo Region as part of his “Resetting Ghana Tour”. Speaking to community leaders and agro-processors, the President declared that Bechem is strategically positioned to become the country’s primary “chicken capital” through state-backed poultry value chain investments.

Agricultural engineers, livestock policy experts, and local government directors detailed that the processing facility integrates automated slaughtering lines, feed production mills, and cold-chain storage hubs. Executive leadership highlighted that expanding domestic poultry processing capacity directly curbs frozen poultry import dependency, creates local employment, and stabilizes meat prices across domestic retail markets.

Local poultry farmer associations, traditional rulers, and regional assembly members welcomed the project inspection, praising the government’s commitment to rural industrialization. The Ministry of Food and Agriculture confirmed that facility equipment installation is proceeding on schedule to enable commercial operations in upcoming fiscal quarters.

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