Independent presidential candidate Nana Kwame Bediako, widely known as Cheddar, claimed to have presented a petition in the UK Parliament after an address in which he apologised for Africa\u2019s misdeeds and called for a greater partnership with the continent.<\/p>\n In a post shared on X on October 11, 2024, he bragged about this feat, describing himself as the \u201cfirst African leader to apologise on behalf of African leaders for their mistakes, which have caused us economic crises, currency devaluation, stagnant development, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n He also indicated that he was the first African leader to \u201cpresent a petition on English soil in the UK Parliament, urging the world to refrain from using their foreign influences to instigate our political systems and become our international commercial partners instead.\u201d<\/p>\n The post was accompanied by a video showing him addressing an audience that he suggested was in the UK Parliament.<\/p>\n But was Cheddar at the UK Parliament, and did he present any petition to them?<\/p>\n FactCheckGhana investigated the matter. Here is what they found:<\/p>\n 1. Cheddar\u2019s address was not an official event of the UK Parliament.<\/p>\n An official at the Press Office of the UK Parliament told FactCheckGhana that the UK Parliament, either the House of Commons, also known as the Upper Chamber, or the House of Lords, the lower chamber, did not invite Cheddar for any official event.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can confirm that this was not an official Parliamentary event. It was hosted by MP Siobhain McDonagh,\u201d Emily Heaton, Senior Media Relations Officer of the Communications Office of the UK Parliament, is quoted as saying.<\/p>\n The first African leader to apologise on behalf of African leaders for their mistakes which have caused us economic crisis, currency devaluation, stagnant development etc. Apart from apologising he s also the first to present a petition on English soil in the uk parliament urging\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/3pAvwFEZ9G<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Nana Kwame Bediako (@OsagyefoNKB) October 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n FactCheckGhana also found that Cheddar\u2019s address was not held in the chambers of the House of Commons or the House of Lords, where most official parliamentary meetings are held, as claimed.<\/p>\n 2. Cheddar had his engagement at a committee office.<\/p>\n It was also discovered that the independent candidate for Ghana\u2019s 2024 presidential election had his engagement in one of the committee rooms of the UK Parliament on October 10, 2024.<\/p>\n According to FactCheckGhana, visuals of the event shared by Cheddar and his Romanian associate, Shalimar Abbuisi, show a large artwork, \u201cAlfred Inciting the Saxons to Prevent the Landing of the Danes,\u201d which was \u201cbought by the Fine Arts Commissioners to hang in a Committee Room in the Houses of Parliament, where it remains today.\u201d<\/p>\n A historical night at the UK parliament. ![\"Cheddar](\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/354\/35470091.295.jpg\" "\\"Cheddar")
Cheddar speaking in a committee room in UK’s parliament |Photo: Culled from Cheddar’s UK Parliament<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\nIt was an honour to speak as international spokesperson and advocate of change at the UK parliament where Nana Kwame Bediako petitioned for \u2018The pilars to economic freedom\u2019 pic.twitter.com\/G97pVs7EI1<\/a><\/p>\n