A group in the Central Region calling itself the Youth of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has explained why Mr. Alan John Kwadwo Kyeremanten, one of the presidential aspirants in the NPP is referred to as 'Alan Cash' in political circles. According to the group, he had groomed many people, in and outside the country to become rich, hence the name Alan Cash. The group indicated that one entrepreneur who was trained by Alan is now a minister of state in Ethiopia, adding these are indications that Alan does not only possess managerial skills but also grooms people to become leaders and make money for themselves. The spokesperson for the group, Mr George Mireku Duker said these at a press conference on Tuesday at Cape Coast to declare the group’s support for the presidential hopeful. Mr Duker said President Kufuor had laid the foundation for steady economic growth and since Ghana now needed a business-like person to move it to a middle-income country by 2015, Alan was the answer. He said through Alan's effort as a minister Ghana's exports had increased from $1.6 billion in 2002 to $3.4 billion in 2006, and that non-traditional exports had also doubled, from $400 million to $897 million. The spokesperson stated that the presidential aspirant had been instrumental in the re-establishment of the Pualugu Tomato Factory in Bolgatanga as well as the Juapong Textile Factory, now Volta Star Textile Limited. Mr Duker pointed out that since the youth in the region knew Alan hailed from the Central Region they would rally behind him come 2008, to enable him succeed President Kufuor. He stated further that Alan was the most marketable among the aspirants, now that the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice had exonerated him from all the allegations leveled against him. Mr. Duker described AIan as the only candidate who had gained experience in both the public and private sectors which are key to Ghana’s accelerated growth. Later in an answer to a question as to what the presidential hopeful had done for his region, Mr Duker stated that Alan had helped the government create jobs for the people in the region through the President's Special Initiative (PSI) on Salt at Elmina and the Ayensu Starch Factory and that more than 40,000 hectares of oil-palm is currently under cultivation in some parts of the region. He concluded thus; "JAK Goes, JAK Comes," calling on the people to support Alan. Source: Daily Guide