Nana Kwame Bediako, the leader of the New Force, has stated that he chose to use crowdsourcing to finance his campaign in order to avoid owing anyone favors.
In his view, the best course of action for political financing is to persuade the Ghanaian people to fund the new force. This way, if he candidate wins, he won’t have to turn to those who will demand favors in exchange for supporting him.
Nana Kwame Bediako reiterated the need for Ghanaians to support him and vote for him in the upcoming elections as President of Ghana.
“I want to let Ghanaians know that the reason why I did not go to people to give me funding because If I ever have to be president, I don’t want to say I owe people favours so I govern the nation by favours I owe people.” he said.
“I want to govern this nation because this nation has formed a government body and has put me in the position so therefore I have to serve them. That is why I put out the donation process. I want them for the first time not to take money and vote for people because that is like selling your soul to leadership and politicians. I want us to change the narrative and the only way to do that is to start with the youth of today which is by far the biggest size of the population in this country. If they are able to implement that there is going to be a change and the ones who are coming after will follow that. So me initiating these funds and all of that this is the reason. I am giving the nation a chance to be able to see the scale of my responsibility and the loyalty behind my accountability,” he said on Accra-based Citi FM.
