The Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF), in partnership with
CNBC Africa, Forbes Africa and BusinessDay, will host the presidential and
vice-presidential candidates of the two frontline political parties, the All
Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to live debates
to present their proposed agenda to the electorate.
The debates tagged “2015 Presidential Election Debates”,
shall feature Architect Namadi Sambo, PDP’s Vice Presidential candidate and his
APC counterpart, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN in the first leg of the debate,
while the second leg of the debate shall feature Dr Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR and
Major General (Rtd) Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, the presidential candidates of the
PDP and APC respectively. The debates are slated to hold in Abuja, on February
8, 2015.
According to the Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation,
Mrs. Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode, the debates have been expressly designed to
elevate the level of political discourse in our country, enhance participatory
democracy as well as re-focus attention on national growth and development
during this election period.
“We believe at this point in time that our people should
focus more on issues-based election and critically scrutinize potential leaders
before making up their minds on who they will vote for. We, along with our
partners see this debate as a platform for the candidates to present their
programmes so the electorate would make their choice on whom to vote for in the
elections,” Oyebode said.
“The need for a debate is non-negotiable given that the
development of democracy in Nigeria has increased voter sophistication,” she
concluded.
Commenting on its partnership with the Foundation on the
Nigeria Pre-Election Debates 2015, Frederic Van de vyver, the Executive
Director of CNBC West Africa, said that the debates will attempt to address the
major economic issues facing Nigeria. “We look forward to conducting a robust
debate on the major economic and business issues facing Africa's largest
economy on the eve of one of the most important election since the end of
military rule in 1999.”
11 Comments
Whoeva organises, d most important thing is for d thing to be done well
ReplyDeleteThey wil also rig d debate...lol!
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ReplyDeleteWat if GEJ refuses to be there...nonsense country
ReplyDeleteHe wants peace & orderliness in his country, so he'll attend.
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ReplyDeletehope apc candidates attends dis one.
ReplyDeleteThat's if they're not d organisers
DeleteMay GEJ refuse to attend
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