Politics
THE presidential candidate of the People’s Trust, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, on Sunday challenged the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress, President Muhammadu Buhari and that of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to a presidential debate.
He said the challenge became necessary following the failure of Buhari and Atiku to attend the debate held on Saturday.
Olawepo-Hashim threw the challenge in a statement in Abuja.
He said, “Nigerian voters deserve to scrutinise the candidates and programmes of the two behemoth that have come to be known as the ‘two evils’ of Nigerian politics. Their absence under whatever excuse(s) shows their contempt for the voters.”
He, however, congratulated Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, Mr Kinsley Moghalu and Mr Fela Durotoye for their performance at the debate.
“The three candidates advertised to the world a teaser of what stuff new generation of political leaders are made of,” he said.
Olawepo-Hashim called on the Nigeria Election Debate Group/Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria to organise another debate to include his party, which he described as the biggest of the newly-registered political parties that had been unfairly excluded.
He said, “We have complained about this in the past; a new debate will be a good way to cure the debate platform of that error.
“There is no problem in making a mistake by excluding us, but it will be dishonourable not to seize a good opportunity to correct your error.”
The PT presidential candidate further called on the organisers to also include promising politicians like Omoyele Sowore and others who might be interested in the next round of the debate. – Punch
– Jan. 21, 2019 @ 8:15 GMT |
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