Cheddar Visits Kantamanto Fire Victims, Donates GH¢50K: "This Is A Small Token From Me"

• A video of the founder and leader of the New Force, Nana Kwame Bediako, on a visit to traders at Kantamanto after the inferno has surfaced online
• Cheddar donated a whopping GH¢50,000 to the victims of the accident and called on Ghanaians to help rebuild the market
• The traders, although devastated by their losses, were relieved after receiving the donation

Nana Kwame Bediako, founder and leader of the New Force Movement, has visited the victims of the Kantamanto fire outbreak.

Cheddar, the first presidential candidate in the just-ended elections to visit the market after the incident, made a wholesome donation of GH¢50,000.

Kantamanto caught fire on January 2, 2025. According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred at dawn during a power outage.

It is unclear what caused the fire, however, it ravaged the market, destroying goods worth millions of cedis belonging to traders who sold there.

In a video signed by YEN.com.gh, the New Force leader sympathised with the incident's victims and promised to help them rebuild the market.

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He also called on Ghanaians to aid the affected victims with any form of support.

Nana Kwame Bediako's gesture was well received by the traders, who were still counting their losses at the time of his visit.

They thanked him profusely for the cash donation and appreciated his concern after the incident.

Watch the video below:

Netizens divided over Cheddar's gift

Netizens who saw the video about Cheddar's donation greeted his gesture with mixed reactions. While some were impressed, others were not.

@YOUNG MUMMY wrote:

"This amount of money is one woman’s capital over there or even more than that….Well,he has done his part ….God bless him."

@user74433661692633 wrote:

"These money can only buy water for them whiles they are working May God bless you anyway."

@Wilson Apeanti wrote:

"Now they like the “scammers” money?"

@Emmanuel Kordie wrote:

"Bawumia Maa s3n? Mahama must not give them any helping hand for their foolishness of blaming his incoming government. Agenda fo)! Nana is still president he can compensate them."

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@Pappy_4k wrote:

"50,000 de3 ebi small o masa."

@Akosua saamea391 wrote:

"You see how our politicians are selfish, if this fire came before the elections by now Mahama will be on the left and Bawumia on the right competing on who will donate big cash ,now election over."

@Peter Ankomah wrote:

"They should take the money n structure a mordant quite market with spaces."

@Yaw boadi wrote:

"WOOOOOOOOOOOW NICE PAAAAAAAAAAAAA. GOD BLESS YOU CHARDER."

@Kofi Omari wrote:

"Kantamanto leaders should tell their people the truth...they're aware of the fire dey are just deceiving their people."

@dannybm wrote:

"He does this and some nkwasiafo) will be saying settings nyame betua those saying that nyinaa ka."

@Hebrew 4:12 wrote:

"Same amount got burnt in my cousins shop + his goods."

Man counts his losses after Kantamanto fire

In a related development, YEN.com.gh reported that a Ghanaian man who lost his goods in the Kantamanto fire had opened up about his losses.

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In a video, he noted that he had lost three shops with goods worth millions of Ghana cedis. He was devastated by the incident and lamented it bitterly.

Netizens who saw the post were touched and sympathised with him over his losses in the comments section.

Source: YEN.com.gh