In a video share on social media platform X, formally Twitter, the Chief said traditionally and culturally, such an act is disrespectful and should not be entertained.
“Recently, one of the politicians—I am told he’s called Nana Kwame Bediako—came to this town and held a campaign at the lorry station without paying a courtesy call here at the palace. Do you own a town? I drove him out of this town. If you visit my town to campaign and you fail to recognise that there’s a chief here, then you cannot campaign on my land. Someone cannot till the land for another person to harvest the crops,” the chief fumed.
It is usually the norm that politicians, while on their campaign trail, first pay a courtesy call on the chief of a town they intend to campaign to seek permission and blessings before they conduct their campaign activities.
Nana Kwame Bediako, the young businessman turned politician, is poised to win the upcoming presidential election to become Ghana’s first independent president.
Cheddar, as he’s popularly known, has emphasized his commitment to reviving the industrial capabilities of all regions that have been neglected for years.
He highlighted that his plan focuses on tapping into the individual industrial strengths of all 16 regions in the country, with a particular emphasis on those that have remained dormant.
“It’s supposed to bring back the 15 dormant regions that we have left for so long, and we haven’t done anything,” he stated at the launch of his campaign.
Cheddar has been crisscrossing the country with his message, hoping it will touch the hearts of Ghanaians to elect him as president on December 7, 2024.
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