The face behind the #TheNewForce movement, Jacob Osei Yeboah, famously known as Cheddar, has met with the Flagbearer of the\u00a0National Democratic Congress\u00a0(NDC),\u00a0John Dramani Mahama.<\/p>\n This follows the last-minute cancellation, by the government, of the \u201cThe Convention\u201d event slated for January 7, 2024, for the Independence Square, where some notable African political figures were expected to speak at.<\/p>\n In its explanation, the government confirmed that it blocked the event despite the fact that it had been pre-planned and paid-for because it was necessitated by an \u201cunforeseen State Event scheduled to take place at the venue.\u201d<\/p>\n In the letter, signed on behalf of the Chief of Staff by the Chief Director at the Jubilee House, H. M. Wood, it also added that the booking fee of GH\u00a210,000 would be refunded to the unnamed organizer of the said programme.<\/p>\n \u201cWe write to revoke immediate the permission granted per our letter No.OP\/PH\/02 dated 11th November, 2023, which approved your request to use the Black Star Square for the above event.<\/p>\n \u201cThis decision has been necessitated by an unforeseen State Event scheduled to take place at the venue,\u201d portions of the letter, titled, \u2018Revocation of Permit,\u2019 read.<\/p>\n Dignitaries billed to be at the event were former Nigerian independent presidential aspirant, Peter Obi; President of the Economic Freedom Fighters of South Africa, Julius Malema; one-time Director of the Kenya School of Law, P.L.O Lumumba; and former Permanent Representative of the African Union to the United States, Arikana Chihombori-Quao.<\/p>\n Following this, it has emerged that Cheddar, the brain behind the event, met with\u00a0John Dramani Mahama, the NDC\u2019s flagbearer, together with some of the dignitaries who were billed to speak at the Black Star Line Festival.<\/p>\n In a tweet shared by Dele Momodou, of Ovation International, he shared photos of the meeting of Cheddar, with P.L.O Lumumba and others, with the former president and Flagbearer of the\u00a0National Democratic Congress\u00a0(NDC), John Mahama.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter the aborted gathering of radical African leaders, (including Timi Frank, Prof. PLO Lumumba, Labour Party Presidential candidate Peter Obi, Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao and Freedom Jacob Caeser) invited by NANA KWAME BEDIAKO (aka CHEDDAR) to meet in Accra, Ghana for the launch of the New African Convention movement, some of the leaders today met with former PRESIDENT JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA, the NDC Presidential candidate in the DECEMBER 7, 2024, elections in Ghana\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cIt is not clear if CHEDDAR has decided to throw his full weight behind His Excellency JOHN MAHAMA\u2026,\u201d he wrote in his post.<\/p>\n Musicians including\u00a0Efya, Stonebwoy and Wiyaala were also billed to perform at the event which was cancelled at the last minute.<\/p>\n After the aborted gathering of radical African leaders, (including Timi Frank, Prof. PLO Lumumba, Labour Party Presidential candidate Peter Obi, Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao and Freedom Jacob Caeser) invited by NANA KWAME BEDIAKO (aka CHEDDAR) to meet in Accra, Ghana for the\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/As9VVooPeg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Dele Momodu Ovation (@DeleMomodu) January 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/p><\/div>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/843\/84386739.jpg\"\/)
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