Deputy Minister of Information, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has vowed to expose the Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo, for who he is and also ensure that he (Nana Addo) puts an end to the streak of utopian promises he keeps making anytime he is offered a platform to address Ghanaians.

According to the deputy minister, the NPP leader, prior to the last general elections in 2008, gained the unsavory reputation of being given the moniker “One Billion Candidate” claiming that Nana Addo was virtually on a promising spree, telling organizations and institutions that he would resolve their problems with a billion cedi fund without any thought being given to how large or small the business is.

“Anytime he went to a location and identified a problem, he threw one billion at it. He met fisher folks, and said ‘I will set up a one billion fund for you’, he met farmers…’one billion fund’, he met the people at Suame Magazine, and he said ‘I will set up a one billion fund to revive the artisan industry’ in this country”, Mr. Ablakwa said in a tone tinged with amusement.

Speaking on Joy FM’s News File, the deputy minister said Nana Akufo Addo can best be described as someone who only makes “utopian-juicy-honey dropping-fanciful promises”.

Critiquing the NPP flagbearer’s performance at the Institute of Economic Affairs’ Presidential Debate Encounter, Okudzeto Ablakwa said the legacy of the NPP and the hypocritical posture of Nana Addo during his appearance makes it impossible for him to be president.

To him, the headline and theme that best captures Nana Addo’s performance at the IEA Encounter should be “a night of promises” pointing out that the NPP flagbearer failed to answer questions satisfactorily and rather imported his “utopian” free education policy as answers to all the questions which were thrown at him.

“…the eight year old girl’s question to Nana Addo floored him completely…,” he added.

Hon. Ablakwa opined that looking at the way Nana Addo keeps discarding the vague promises he has been making such as the free education for Tertiary students he touted in 2008, and the free Senior High School policy, he is sure most of his promises will “shrink” after he loses the impending elections.