The presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, Oby Ezekwesili has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to a 20 hour debate ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Ezekwesili stated that nothing less than 20 hours of debate is acceptable to a country of approximately 200 million people.
She said that the debate should be split into five sessions of four hours each, or four sessions of five hours each. The first debate, according to her statement, should be held within a week of official campaign start by INEC on 18 November.
“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,” Ezekwesili said in a statement on Sunday.
“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,” she added.
The statement said that Ezekwesili has pledged to lead a government focused on competitiveness, productivity and economic prosperity if elected into office.
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