Bechem to become ‘chicken capital’ of Ghana – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has projected that when the Poultry and Meat Processing Factory at Bechem in the Ahafo Region becomes operational, it will make the town the chicken capital of Ghana.

He said as part of efforts to ensure a value chain in the poultry industry, they started with the Nkoko Nketenkete initiative before work began on the factory, so that there would be more poultry for processing.

It would be called that the President officially cut the sod for a modern poultry, meat, and feed processing plant in Bechem on November 27, 2025, which is expected to be ready for commissioning by the end of the first quarter of 2027.