Channels Television has confirmed the availability of President Goodluck
Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari, for the station’s presidential
debate, billed for February 3rd, 2015. This was revealed during the
station’s customary, “News at 10″ broadcast.
The debate, which would see both leading presidential candidates
present their various plans for the country, is jointly organised by
Channels Television, as well as Arise magazine and the Newspaper
Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN).
It would be recalled, that the issue of presidential
debate had become a trending topic in the past week, in the build up to
the elections. The All Progressive Congress (APC) had issued a
statement, stating that her flag bearer, Gen. Buhari would not be taking
part in the BON/ NEDG – organised debates, citing BON’s allegiance as a
government agency, as a reason for the suspected bias. However, the
Director General of NEDG, Taiwo Alike came out to say, that his
organisation had not received any formal notice of any party’s boycott
and reassured of the group’s integrity, fairness and equity standard.
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