Mahama Sets Record Straight: ‘No Guinea Fowl Flew to Burkina Faso’, Accuses Media of Sensationalism
Claims that guinea fowl raised by the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) escaped to Burkina Faso under his previous administration in 2014 have been refuted by National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer John Dramani Mahama.
He was refuting claims made by the media in 2014 that the guinea pigs, which were raised to aid farmers in Ghana’s northern region, had moved to Burkina Faso, a neighboring country.
John Mahama clarified that the misconception resulted from a lack of knowledge about the Guinea Fowl Project.
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Speaking to the media in Bolgatanga on the last stop of his Upper East Region trip, he refuted the myth that the government would raise the birds in a cage until they reached adulthood.
According to him, the actual intention was to incubate the guinea fowl eggs until they hatched, at which point the day-old chicks would be given to nearby farmers to raise to adulthood.
The Burkina Faso narrative, according to Mahama, originated with a watchman at the location who misinformed a reporter that the birds had left and would return during the rainy season.
The former president accused the media of disseminating false information by rushing into the issue without conducting the proper due diligence.
He said that guinea fowl could not have gone to Burkina Faso because they were not migratory birds. He said that the government project had quickly failed as a result of the false information.