, the Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), has said that President Nana Akufo-Addo gave him insightful counsel when he was appointed to his role.  According to him, the President warned him to exercise prudence in how he conducted himself and that, upon his resignation, he would be held responsible for his work.  In an interview on JoyNews' Personality Profile, said President Akufo-Addo told him that he had a great opportunity to make people and himself proud of the office.  "The president's marching orders were quite clear.  "It is a big stage, and I know you can do it. But he also said, remember, this is a public office, and one day there will be accountability. When I left the president's end, these words echoed," he said in a report by adomonline.com. The former National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) disclosed that he had no prior knowledge of the lottery sector before he was appointed.  Having come from a political background, said he realized that if he went into the post with a political mindset, it would not work.  "When the president was sending me there, I didn't know Jack about that space. I knew nothing.