NEDG Explains Why Sowore, Donald Duke, Others Were Sidelined From Presidential Debate
NEDG Explains Why Sowore, Donald Duke, Others Were Sidelined From Presidential Debate
The Nigeria Elections Debate Group (NEDG) has explained why it screened out dozens of presidential candidates and only selected five candidates for the 2019 presidential and vice presidential debates.
NEDG and the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) announced earlier this week that only five candidates would participate in the debates, even though Nigeria has 78 candidates contesting in the election, the highest number ever.
The candidates that’ll take place are President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kingsley Moghalu of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Obiageli Ezekwesili of the Allied Congress Party of Ni...