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July 3, 2023
Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture in charge of crops, Yaw Frimpong Addo has commended Agrihouse Foundation for pushing to have July 1, of every year marked as Ghana Poultry Day and Chicken Festival.
As a participant in this year’s Ghana Poultry Day and Chicken Festival at the State House in Accra last Saturday, July 1, 2023, he indicated that the nation has a deficit in local chicken production hence the need to increase production to meet local demand and further encourage the production of chicken in high volumes to meet local demand and the excess for export to neighbouring countries.
The Manso Adubia lawmaker further pointed out in an interview that the private initiative undertaken by Agrihouse foundation should be supported by government, hence the need to institutionalize it and pledged his resolve to make that dream come true since it fits into the scheme of things with government policy of improving agriculture production in the country.
“Again it is something that will benefit Ghanaians, and I hope the day will be rotational so that it will not be organised only in the capital – Accra, but in the poultry hub, the Brong Ahafo Region and all regions would benefit from it.
“This Ministry will support it and take it to a different level”, he noted in an interview.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com