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Clearly irritated by Nana Addo�s personal claim that �he is a man of integrity�, Fifi Kwetey, a Deputy Minister of Finance, has challenged the NPP�s flagbearer to come clean on his academic journey between the period of 1962 and 1963 when he enrolled at the Oxford University. The deputy minister noted that the matter is a critical one because the person involved is seeking to occupy the highest seat in the land. �These issues are important especially when you are aspiring to the highest position in the country�. RAP, a pro-National Democratic Congress (NDC) group, claimed at a press conference in Accra that Akufo-Addo�s failure to include his Oxford University education on his Curriculum Vitae (CV) raises questions about his integrity. According to Felix Kwakye-Ofosu, the group�s convener, it is demonstrable that Akufo-Addo was enrolled at Oxford University for the 1962/63 Academic Year but that left the University under �unexplained circumstances�. In response to the group�s demand, the General Secretary New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie hinted that his party�s presidential candidate will not dignify such a triviality with a response while there were serious matters to tackle. But Hon. Fifi Kwetey rubbished the NPP�s position on the matter, stating in strong terms that before electorates give a candidate their vote, they have the right to know all about the person they wish to entrust their mandate to. ��you broke into let say the bursary and you stole money�or library and stole books, a stuff of that nature and you were dismissed and therefore you are unable to put those things in your CV (Curriculum Vitae), anytime that comes up, whether it is a company you are working for or an institution you are heading, you absolutely must be dismissed because you have hidden vital information�that absolutely was going to be critical in determining whether you were fit enough to hold that position or not�, he said. Addressing the issue on Radio Gold, Mr. Kwetey established that if Nana Addo could not proudly make known details of his academic journey, then Ghanaians should know that it wouldn�t be safe living under him as their president. �Am turning to think that possibly, when Nana Kofi Koomson claimed that Ghana was not safe under him (Nana Addo)�Nana Kofi Koomson had something to know also about how exactly, where he was and what exactly happened to him during the academic journey�, he maintained.