Kofi Ahovi

 The Women in Poultry Value Chain (WIPVaC-Apex Ghana) and the African Women in Animal Resources Farming and Agribusiness Network Ghana (AWARFA-N Ghana) have called for increased egg consumption and stronger support for local poultry farmers, particularly women, to improve nutrition, create jobs and strengthen Ghana’s food security. The calls were made during activities to mark World Egg Day 2026, which highlighted the nutritional benefits of eggs and the contribution of the poultry industry to livelihoods and economic development. As part of its corporate social responsibility activities, WIPVaC donated eggs to the La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly in recognition of the Assembly’s support for the organisation, including the provision of office space for its regional meetings. The organisation also extended its outreach to the Madina Market, where it distributed boiled eggs to kayayei (head porters) to promote awareness of the nutritional benefits of egg consumption. The Nat...

 The Ghana National Eggs Campaign Secretariat (GNECS) has taken a significant step to promote the consumption of eggs among Ghanaians, particularly in the healthcare sector. On World Egg Day, the organization educated patients and visitors at 37 military hospitals in Accra about the nutritional value of eggs. Eggs are packed with unmatched nutrients," said Comfort Acheampong, National Coordinator of GNECS. "We urge Ghanaians to regularly consume eggs as part of a balanced diet to improve their health and well-being." To drive home the importance of eggs, GNECS, with support from the Apex Body of Women in Poultry Value Chain, shared over 1000 cooked eggs to patients and visitors at the military hospital. The team moved from ward to ward, including the Out Patient Department, distributing the cooked eggs and sharing valuable information on the benefits of egg consumption. The Mighty Egg The theme for this year's World Egg Day celebration was "Mighty Egg: Packed wi...

 The Apex Body of Women in Poultry Value Chain (WIPVaC) has presented 70 crates of eggs to the New Life Children's Home in Nungua, Accra, to mark World Egg Day. The home, which cares for over 92 children, as well as disabled and aged individuals, expressed gratitude for the support. Every year we celebrate World Egg Day. Today is equally a special one for us," said Florence Doku, Acting Greater Accra Regional President for WIPVaC. "Egg is protein in nature, it contains a lot of vitamins and nutrients... It's small in nature, but it contains a lot of things, all the vitamins that we need." The donation is part of WIPVaC's efforts to promote egg consumption and support vulnerable communities. "I will entreat everyone to eat an egg a day," Doku encouraged. Receiving the donation, the New Life Children Home's founder, Otinnor Mantse, Nii Afotey Botwe II, expressed gratitude for the donation, saying, "It's going to help us in a long way beca...

 The Ghana National Egg Campaign Secretariat (GNECS) has marked this year's World Egg Day with a float on some principal streets of Accra-Ghana with a call to Ghanaians to increase their daily egg consumption for a healthy life. GNECS National Coordinator, madam Comfort Acheampong, observed the second Friday in October was used to celebrate the World Egg Day and this year, the secretariat decided to celebrate it with the public by sharing over 3000 boiled eggs to the public. We are here to celebrate egg which is a super food. All stakeholders in the egg value chain came together to celebrate this day.” We came to [Nkrumah] Circle which is a central point for travelers across the country to celebrate the day with the public and we have distributed over 3000 boiled eggs to mark the day,” she stated. Benefits of eggs  Sharing some health benefits of eggs, the Municipal Nutritionist at Korle Klottey, Zanno Billey, said eggs helped in brain development and also helped with muscle d...

 As part of the effort to create more awareness on the nutritional values of eggs on human growth and development, the Ghana National Eggs Campaign Secretariat (GNECS) in collaboration with Women in Poultry Value (WIPaC) and the Greater Accra Egg Distributors Association have embarked on a float through some principal streets of Accra. The float forms part of the activities to mark this year’s World Egg Day celebrated under the theme, “Eggs for a Better Life”. The 4 hour float commenced at the Obra Spot at 8:00am and ended at Lapaz New Market with free distribution of cooked eggs to people from all walks of life.   Addressing the media shortly after the float, the National Coordinator of GNECS, Madam Comfort Kyerewa Acheampong, said second Friday in the month of October is set aside on the global calendar to celebrate the consumption of egg as a good sauce of protein for humanity, adding that egg contains nutrients that are essential to human health.   Miss Comfort Acheam...

  The Ghana National Egg Campaign Secretariat (GNECS) has supported the first ever Regional Cooking Competition in Accra with crates of egg. Apart from the eggs, GNECS also provided the winners with sets of cooking utensils and other reward packages. the gesture forms part of activities to mark the 25th anniversary of the World Egg Day which was celebrated on October 8, 2021. The competition which was organized to support survivors of mental health challenges was done in partnership with the Wilmar Africa distributors of Frytol oil and Fortune rice, laVonce tomato paste, among others. The contestants for the cocking competition were beauty queens from the TV3 Ghana’s Most Beautiful pageant. The queens were drawn from 2007 when GMB started. At the end of the contest, Central region was crowned champions in the egg cooking competition. Greater Accra and Ashanti region won the second and third position respectively.   Some of the egg dishes prepared by the beauty queens include e...

  The Ghana National Eggs Campaign Secretariat (GNECS) has donated eggs to the La-Wireless Cluster of Schools and the Accra Psychiatric Hospital at separate events to mark this year’s World Eggs Day. Madam Comfort Kyerewa Acheampong, Coordinator of the GNECS, who made the presentation, said it was important to eat an egg a day to enhance one’s health. An egg a day will surely put the doctor away,” she said, adding: “It is because of this that we are encouraging people to eat egg because it is full of nutrients.” She said egg was complete food and “when you eat it in the morning, you are full,” and appealed to parents to try to give an egg a day to their wards to keep them healthy. Kwabena Kusi, a Public Health Specialist with the Ghana Health Service enumerate several benefits of eggs to both the school pupils of La-Wireless Cluster of Schools and the Accra Psychiatric Hospital. He explained that egg contain choline which helps with brain development and this is particularly import...