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Founder of the New Force Movement and Ghanaian Entrepreneur Nana Kwame Bediako, popularly known as Cheddar or Freedom Jacob Caesar, has disclosed his rejection to secure loans from some financial institutions in the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n He decried several Ghanaian banks that turned down his request to grant him loans to facilitate his projects and his array of businesses.<\/p>\n Nana Kwame Bediako has a conglomerate of businesses to his name.<\/p>\n In an interview on The Point of View on Citi TV, Cheddar indicated that only one bank expressed its willingness to give him a loan, but the bank later collapsed.<\/p>\n The founder of the New Force Movement emphasized that only the World Bank supported and financed part of his projects because he had a partner.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have had one bank that has lent us money before, IFC from the World Bank. They lent us money for a part of our building [properties]. When you come to Ghana, we have a lot of banks, from student loans to business advancement, whatever you ask of these banks, they don\u2019t have the money for you. I\u2019m sure we all know this. We don\u2019t have banks supporting us, even if you want to high-purchase a car where you have a job. I have not borrowed money from Ghanaian banks before. I tried, but they won\u2019t give me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThere was one Ghanaian bank that took me through a process and took my building documents at that time. I passed all the requirements, and when they got to give me the money, they didn\u2019t, and it took me about two years to hear it has been dissolved,\u201d he told Bernard Avle.<\/p>\n He raised concerns about the reluctance of financial institutions to offer loans to business owners in the country, posing a huge risk to the economy of the country.<\/p>\n Cheddar bemoaned the lack of trust in international financial institutions to loan Africans money.<\/p>\n \u201cMy partner had to come in and support. It\u2019s difficult for Africans to benefit from such financial institutions; I don\u2019t think they believe in our capacity. And I also don\u2019t think they believe in the governance that built the economies of our country,\u201d he observed.<\/p>\n Nana Kwame Bediako promised to give hope to the youth if he wins the presidential elections.<\/p>\n \u201cCurrently, there\u2019s no hope; that is why we are here.\u201d<\/p>\n