The 12 Pillars of Nana Kwame Bediako, also known as Cheddar, has been unveiled and launched on Sunday, September 1, 2024.
The founder of the New Force movement promised to industrialise all 16 regions of Ghana with the launch of his 12 pillars of Economic Freedom manifesto which happened to be Ghana’s first virtual policies.
During the launch, Bediako announced a name change and requested Ghanaians to stop calling him ‘Cheddar’.
According to him, he prefers ‘Freedom’ since he is a man capable of bringing about significant change in his country.
However, Taking viewers through what may be described as artists impressions and mock-ups , he revealed the expense of all the plans he has for every region.
“We have to take the Western Region serious because it has a lot of natural resources,” he said
“Western Region is going to become the Texas of Africa,” he added.
“We need to export more, not import more,” Cheddar noted.
All the 12 Pillars for Economic Freedom that Cheddar thinks they would help Ghana if elected President are below:
Pillar 1: No Industrialisation, no 24-hour economy
Touching on the proposal by the flagbearer of the NDC he said, “No Industrialisation, no 24-hour economy. It will take a machine to produce three different shifts.”
“Who sells gari for 24 hours in Makola? The women in Kejetia and Kantamanto cannot work for 24 hours.
“It will take a factory, it will take a plant, a production line to give three shifts a day. No industrialization, no 24-hour economy,” he added.
Pillar 2 – Water: expanding the country through water transportation. According to Cheddar, he will construct Ghana’s first water transportation & a 8000km of railway line across the country.
Pillar 3 – Energy City: We are going to create an energy city that is fit to power all industries. “No energy, no technology,” he said.
“Ghana needs a technology hub and that’s why we’re combining it with an energy city,” he stated.
Pillar 4: Reserves- Build a food and gold reserve to serve Ghanaians for the next 100 years.
”We will have food reserves for 100 years” – he said.
Pillar 5: We are going to create the National Sovereign Wealth Fund. This is the new IMF.
Pillar 6: The SSNIT Revolution. SSNIT to be turned into National Insurance Fund for contributors can go for their monies at anytime.
Pillar 7: Industri-cation- Industrialisation and Education combined. According to him if there no existence of industrialization there will be no digitalization.
“We need to de-westernize our education – he said.
Pillar 8: Environmental and human rights protection.
Pillar 9: Introduction of Apostolic governance with 12 ministries. According to Cheddar, he will run a government with only 12 ministers and with this Ghana deserves a new governance system since the current one has failed.
Pillar 10: Ghana will Print his own monies under his leadership, have a borderless continent for trade and investment & unify Africa as one.
Pillar 11: Ghana will raise $50 billion by monetizing Ghanaian citizenship. People will invest in return for Ghana passport.
Pillar 12: Promises to create 8 million jobs in a decade.
