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The Nigerian Election Debate Group (NEDG), according to the Vanguard newspaper, has stated that no party or group has written to say they wouldn't be participating in the elections debate.
Founding chairman/consultant of the NEDG said that he has received acknowledgement of letters of reminder sent out on Friday.
He said: “So far, all the political parties are attending the debate beginning from Sunday; there is no party that has written to the NEDG saying that they were not going to take part.
“Just earlier today, our secretariat sent out reminders to all the participating political parties and they all signed that they received our letter.
“Not one is saying that they will not come, all the parties will attend.’’
Mr. Isaac Ighure, the General Secretary of Nigeria's Guild of Editors said that the debate was impossible to 'rig', noting that: “As we speak, the committee on the collation of the question is still meeting. So, how possible is it that you will leak question that has not even been collated.
“We should dispel the notion that the NEDG is favouring some political parties and leaking questions to them: in any case, every candidate is going to answer the same questions.
“Do not forget that there is nobody scoring anybody; you are presenting your manifesto to the electorate, they are the ones to decide, not the NEDG.”
Source: #Vanguard
Founding chairman/consultant of the NEDG said that he has received acknowledgement of letters of reminder sent out on Friday.
He said: “So far, all the political parties are attending the debate beginning from Sunday; there is no party that has written to the NEDG saying that they were not going to take part.
“Just earlier today, our secretariat sent out reminders to all the participating political parties and they all signed that they received our letter.
“Not one is saying that they will not come, all the parties will attend.’’
Mr. Isaac Ighure, the General Secretary of Nigeria's Guild of Editors said that the debate was impossible to 'rig', noting that: “As we speak, the committee on the collation of the question is still meeting. So, how possible is it that you will leak question that has not even been collated.
“We should dispel the notion that the NEDG is favouring some political parties and leaking questions to them: in any case, every candidate is going to answer the same questions.
“Do not forget that there is nobody scoring anybody; you are presenting your manifesto to the electorate, they are the ones to decide, not the NEDG.”
Source: #Vanguard