18 Presidential Candidates to Hold Debate

Vanguard

25 Feb 2011

18 Presidential Candidates to Hold Debate

Abuja — Arrangements are in top gear to host 18 of the Presidential candidates fielded by the various political parties to a debate which is billed to hold in Abuja, the nation's Federal Capital Territory next month.

The exact date for the debate will be made known at a World Press Conference scheduled for next month.

The 2011 Presidential debates is the brainchild of a Special Committee on Presidential Debates, SCPD, made up of key personalities drawn from a coalition of civil society groups in Nigeria, including a select crop of veterans in the media and the academia. The group seeks to steer this year's campaign towards issues on public policy and good governance.

The group seeks to promote and organize well-structured debates among candidates who have emerged as presidential flag bearers in the various political parties and are ready to contest in the general elections slated for April this year.