Presidential Debates Will Hold On Feb 8-NEDG

The Nigeria Elections Debate Group(NEDG) has announced that the
presidential debate for the February 14 presidential electi
on will hold on
February 8 just as the vice presidential debate will hold on February 1.
Announcing the debate yesterday in Abuja in a press
conference ,chairman of the NEDG ,Sola Omole said 13 out of the 14
candidates for the presidential and vice presidential debates have
confirmed their participation in the debates
The Nigerian Election Debate Group (NEDG), organizers of the
Presidential Debate Series, is an amalgamation of the Nigeria’s Mass
Media, Print and Electronic, the Newspaper Proprietors Association of
Nigeria, NPAN, The Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), The
Nigeria Bar Association, National Association of Nigerian Students,
NANS, market women and other civil society groups.
Omole noted that debates are a major component of any democracy as
the candidates will have the opportunity of interacting with the Nigerian
electorate and based on that Nigerians will make informed decisions
going into the polls
He also stressed that the debates will be strictly on issues and appealed to
all the candidates that their language must be decent and not derogatory,
no hate and inciting comments will be tolerated adding that NEDG
believes all political interactions and activities should be at a respectable
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