Nkoko Nkitinkiti is working despite isolated cases of beneficiaries eating chickens — Ato Forson

The programme is an excellent initiative, and we should not bring it down simply because somebody has sent a picture to a minister to say that he or she has consumed what was given.

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has defended the government's Nkoko Nkitinkiti poultry initiative, insisting the programme remains successful despite reports that some beneficiaries have consumed the chickens they received instead of raising them for income generation.

There are times when you may lose 10 or 20 percent, but as time goes on, people learn, they appreciate the purpose of the initiative, and the programme improves.