The Presidential candidate of the
Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, Oby Ezekwesili on Sunday challenged
President Muhammadu Buhari to a 20-hour debate.
Ezekwesili said the challenge was
aimed at allowing Buhari defend his achievements.
In a statement she personally
signed, the former Minister of Education, said the debate by proxy should not
be accepted by Nigerians.
She stressed that those who shy
away from presenting themselves before Nigerians don’t deserve to take the
position of leadership.
Stating that nothing less than 20
hours of debate was acceptable to a country of approximately 200 million
people, Ezekwesili stressed that the debate should be split in five sessions of
four hours each, or four sessions of five hours each.
According to the Presidential
candidate, the first debate should be held within a week of when campaign
officially starts.
The statement reads, “It appears
that there is a conspiracy of the minority to trivialize the issue of
presidential debate in a bid to exempt President Muhammadu Buhari from
defending his performance and presenting his plans before the Nigerian people.
“This is unacceptable. The people
need to know why they should vote for each of the candidates, and they need to
know now.
“Make no mistake, the only people
Nigerians want to hear from are their presidential hopefuls. Nigerians vote for
presidents, and presidents are the ones who get the job done.
“Vice Presidents will not take
Nigeria out of poverty. So this is not the time to shortchange citizens with a
Vice Presidential debate. Nigerians are voting for top of the ticket, not VP,
and they are aware that this is what matters. Anything less than a presidential
debate will be considered gross disrespect for the millions of citizens we hope
to lead.”
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