The camp of President Goodluck Jonathan has explained why he was unable to attend the presidential debate organised in Abuja
In a release signed by Ide Eguabor for the Director of Media , the campaign organisation said the President was unable to attend the debate because of his busy schedule. It added that such debate was best organised by the Nigerian Election Debate Organisation (NEDG), which has been doing that since 1999.
It said the President was willing to attend the debate if organised by NEDG.
It said further: "A presidential debate to be organised by the management of NN24, a subscriber to Multichoice’s DSTV cable, is deliberately being heated up by those who now see what the President will do or not do as an opportunity for political capital.
"The truth of the matter is that several applications from various groups, including that of NN24, has reached the Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organisation seeking to organise the presidential debate preparatory to the April general election.
"The campaign organisation sent its officials to sit as observers at some of the meetings called to deliberate on modalities.
"However, after a thorough examination of the reports of its observers to these meetings, a collective decision was taken to retain the body that had organised presidential debates since 1999 and has performed creditably well and so, saw no need to discard the platform and template for another.
Presidential Debate on NN24 TV: Buhari, Ribadu, Shakaru. (not PDP):
18 March 2011
In case you missed it: Watch the Nigerian Vice Presidential Debate hosted by NN24 [Videos] via CP-Africa
http://www.cp-africa.com/2011/03/13/case-missed-watch-nigerian-vice-presidential-debate-hosted-nn24-videos/
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