New Force Leader to raise $50bn by trading Ghanaian citizenship for investment

Independent candidate and founder of the New Force Movement, Nana Kwame Bediako, popularly called Cheddar, has revealed that he intends to adopt a citizen-by-investment approach to raise some $50 billion to prosecute the country’s development agenda.

With this policy, Ghana will grant Ghanaian citizenship and passports to Africans and people of African descent in the diaspora in exchange for their investment in Ghana.

Presenting his 12-pillar policy for the 2024 elections on Sunday, 1 September, Nana Kwame Bediako said he will use “African unification” to get other African countries to join Ghana through its borders towards investing in the country.

“We will be the first people to start the project USA—United States of Africa—by people joining us and we welcoming them through our borders, but also, they will also be investing on our land.”

He stated that despite “struggling” with Ghana’s $3 billion IMF bailout package, the country can raise its first $50 billion, adding that with a vision and a policy, the goal can be achieved.

“Ghana raising Ghana’s first $50 billion; I mean, these are the kind of figures when you call; it is like, How is Ghana ever going to make this money?”

“Because we are only struggling over US$3 billion, and we barely get it. How are we going to raise US$50 billion? Yes, we are going to raise US$50 billion. Says who, says the young man standing in front of you? This vision and this policy is going to make it happen,” he said.

When I come to power, I will be the first one to invite these Africans to truly become a part of Ghana as Africans and raise this US$50 billion.”

“Guess what? There is phase two of this money-raising, and it is a grand invitation of people of African descent; history will tell the rest. Now we either move forward together or we stand still separated, and it is one of my favourite pillars,” he added.

He also outlined 12 pillars, which he says are his key policies and vision for Ghana, as follows:

Pillar 1: 16 Regional Industrial Revolution

Pillar 2: Ghana’s First Water Transportation & Sub-Regional Railway

Pillar 3: Energy City & Technology Hub

Pillar 4: Reserves Reserves Reserves

Pillar 5: National Sovereign Wealth Fund

Pillar 6: The SSNIT Revolution.

Pillar 7: Industri-Cation (Industrialisation + Education)

Pillar 8: Environmental & Human Rights Protection

Pillar 9: The “Apostolic” Government

Pillar 10: Ghana’s First $50 Billion

Pillar 11: National Security and Data Protection