The former aspirant withdrew from the race after the first round of voting held on August 26 before formally resigning from the NPP on September 25 and announcing his presidential bid as an independent candidate come 2024.
Alan, a former trade minister, during the campaigns towards August 26, had a Twi slogan (aduru wo so) which translated as ‘it is your turn.’
'Aduru wo so' was the theme of two major campaign walks that took place in Accra and Kumasi in the lead-up to the vote, while his aides trumpeted the slogan flowing from his traditional second place in previous primaries only behind then candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Asked to address the issue of feeling entitled in an interview with Accra-based Metro TV, Alan stated: “I am sure you are probably linking it to the ‘aduru wo so’ terminology that came up…
“I used to tell my team that they were underselling me, in terms of my worth and my value by using that as one of my campaign hashtags or slogans, because there is so much to say about me other than aduru wo so,” he stated.
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He explained: “But somehow, their perspective was that in a conservative party, there is a spirit that suggests that there is a general understanding that we have a succession plan, it is not written but there is a general understanding.”
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