Presidential Debate Timetable Confirmed, Debate Dates Are Feb 1 and Feb 8!

The Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG) provided
revised timetables for the anticipated presidential
debates to SaharaReporters in an interview. A NEDG
official, with the group for many years, confirmed
that there will be a total of six televised vice
presidential and presidential debates on Feb. 1 and
Feb. 8.
Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate from the
All Progressives Congress (APC), has not yet
confirmed his attendance for any NEDG organized
debate, according to a senior NEDG official. A letter
was sent to SaharaReporters last week from The
Nigeria Group, stating that APC should be weary of
participating in any event organized by NEDG
because of their alleged pro-Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) stance. "NEDG cannot organize a
credible debate…given its current composition," and
claimed that PDP received the debate questions in
advance.
The debates are expected to feature the four leading
political parties, including PDP and APC, but NEDG
is currently waiting for the list of established
political parties from the Independent National
Election Commission (INEC), a NEDG official told
Sahara Reporters.
It is expected that vice presidential debates will be
held on Feb. 1 and the presidential debates will be
held on Feb. 8. The structure will have 3 two-hour
sessions per day, and are expected to be televised
on AIT, NTA, TV Continental, and Silverbird TV.
NEDG is in early discussions with famed Nigerian
broadcast journalist John Momoh to be the
moderator, and will include two additional
panelists.
According to NEDG, the debate times will be
12:00-14:00, 15:00-17:00, and 19:00-21:00 West
Africa Time Zone.
Courtesy: nairaland news
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