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  "id": 13472873,
  "title": "Mahama inspects Nkokɔ Nketenkete plant, eyes Bechem as chicken capital",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/mahama-inspects-nkok-nketenkete-plant-eyes-bechem-as-chicken-capital",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-10T17:18:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/mahama-inspects-nkok%c9%94-nketenkete-plant-eyes-bechem-as-chicken-capital/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Mahama visited the Nkokɔ Nketenkete poultry, meat, and feed processing plant in Bechem, Ahafo Region, as part of his Resetting Ghana tour. After cutting the sod for the project a year ago, he was informed that the construction had reached 50%. The President praised the consultants, Architecture and Engineering Services Limited (AESL), for their work on the factory, which he believes will position Bechem as the chicken capital of Ghana when completed. The Minister of Agriculture, Eric Opoku, reported that the plant would have two processing lines with a capacity of 6,000 eggs per hour and would require a constant supply of chickens, leading to contract agreements with farmers across several regions. The facility would also provide cold storage for farmers, and the Minister of Food and Agriculture discussed plans to export Ghana's eggs to Burkina Faso, currently dealing with an egg glut.",
  "summary": "President John Dramani Mahama has inspected ongoing works on the Poultry, Meat and Feed Processing Plant at Bechem in the Ahafo Region, as part of his Resetting Ghana tour, Ahafo Region edition.",
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        "outlet": "3News",
        "title": "President Mahama inspects Bechem Meat Processing Factory in the Ahafo Region",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/president-mahama-inspects-bechem-meat-processing-factory-in-the-ahafo",
        "published": "2026-10-10T12:06:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "GBC Ghana",
        "title": "President Mahama inspects health, agriculture and road projects, commissions BNI regional office on day one of Ahafo tour",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/president-mahama-inspects-health-agriculture-and-road-projects",
        "published": "2026-10-10T12:51:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Bechem to become chicken capital of Ghana – Mahama projects",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/bechem-to-become-chicken-capital-of-ghana-mahama-projects",
        "published": "2026-10-10T14:25:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Mahama inspects ‘Nkokɔ Nketenkete’ processing plant at Bechem",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/mahama-inspects-nkok-nketenkete-processing-plant-at-bechem",
        "published": "2026-10-10T14:26:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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