Leader of The New Force, Nana Kwame Bediako, also known as Cheddar, has expressed the belief that individuals who accumulate wealth through political positions cannot be considered successful.

He asserted that he is not proud of people who have amassed their wealth through politics and does not aspire to be like those individuals.

He also noted that such individuals cannot have an iota of pride in stealing from state coffers.

Speaking in an interview with the Daily Graphic, Cheddar emphasized that his values align with those of leaders like former President Dr Kwame Nkrumah and other African figures who prioritize the development of their countries over personal financial gains.

“There are Ghanaians that are doing well. The question is, are they doing well because they are entrepreneurs, or are they doing well because the government wants them to do well? If that is the case, we are not going to have the industrial leaders that we need, commercial leaders that we need, or political leaders that we need.

We need stronger people who are self-made, not someone that has been built over state money. Stealing your own country’s money and calling yourself a successful person, I’m not proud of you and I’m not proud to be one of them and I don’t want to be, I’m not interested that’s why I keep telling you that my spirit is evolving around the likes of Kwame Nkrumah and those kind of leaders. It is not in our interest to use the state to make money for ourselves,” he said.