Buhari And Jonathan To Have Presidential Debate On Channels TV

Nine-times broadcast station of the year and independent broadcast
house, Channels Television has confirmed the availability of President
Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari, for the station's
presidential debate, billed for February 3rd, 2015.

This was revealed during the station's customary, "News at 10″
broadcast. The debate, which would see both leading presidential
candidates present their various plans for the country, is jointly
organised by Channels Television, as well as Arise magazine and the
Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN).

It would be recalled, that the issue of presidential debate had become
a trending topic in the past week, in the build up to the elections.
The All Progressive Congress (APC) had issued a statement, stating
that her flag bearer, Gen. Buhari would not be taking part in the BON/
NEDG – organised debates, citing BON's allegiance as a government
agency, as a reason for the suspected bias. However, the Director
General of NEDG, Taiwo Alike came out to say, that his organisation
had not received any formal notice of any party's boycott and
reassured of the group's integrity, fairness and equity standard.
—Source: Laila's Blog