VIDEO: Ghana needs a young leader, old people can't build our future - Cheddar
Independent presidential aspirant and leader of the New Force Movement, Nana Kwame Bediako, also known as Cheddar, has urged the youth to take charge of Ghana’s future, arguing that the nation cannot be led by those who "have outlived their future."
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In a video circulated on social media, Bediako questioned the rationale behind entrusting the country’s future to older leaders.
He cited Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, noting that Nkrumah and his team were in their 40s when they led the nation's liberation. “They were energetic, they were aggressive, they were ready to work,” Bediako stated.
Criticizing the trend of relying on older leadership, Bediako expressed disappointment in the youth’s reluctance to step up. "I think people who are thinking this way are lazy people. They are not ready to get up, and a lot of Ghanaian youth are like that,” he remarked.
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During the virtual launch of his manifesto, titled "The 12 Pillars of Economic Freedom," on September 1, 2024, Mr. Bediako unveiled an ambitious plan to industrialize all 16 regions of Ghana.
Central to his strategy is the transformation of the Western Region into the "Texas of Africa," harnessing the region’s vast natural resources to fuel industrial growth.
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“We need to take the Western Region seriously because it has a lot of natural resources,” Bediako said, emphasizing that the area would become a key driver of Ghana's economic future.
He further stressed the importance of shifting the country’s economic focus from imports to exports, highlighting the need for domestic refineries to produce petrochemicals. “All we have to do is build our refineries, and we will have competitive prices. We will save the losses in the economy, and reduce inflation, just because of industrialization,” Bediako explained.
Ghana currently produces 200,000 barrels of oil per day, but Bediako pointed out that refining the oil locally would create jobs and reduce dependence on foreign markets. “We sell our oil, let others refine it abroad, then buy it back at a premium. This is why we pay over 15 cedis per litre for fuel,” he added.