omo9ja1:

Niboro its a shame that you are just thinking in one direction, why you think that MR GEJ can only attend debate organised by BON, Its shows that your Boss administration are not confident/competent enough to hold a public debate organice by the private sector, all your games will soon be over I pray you are looking for job after April election can someone say a big amen to that!

omo9ja1:

Niboro its a shame that you are just thinking in one direction, why you think that MR GEJ can only attend debate organised by BON, Its shows that your Boss administration are not confident/competent enough to hold a public debate organice by the private sector, all your games will soon be over I pray you are looking for job after April election can someone say a big amen to that!

abopal:

Jonathan, Sambo ready for debate – Aide
News Mar 15, 2011

“The Presidency is also aware that there is a [b][size=28pt]tradition[/size][/b]al platform for staging presidential debates in Nigeria under the recognised auspices of the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria, BON, and that arrangements are underway for a presidential debate on this platform before this year’s election.

“President Jonathan and his vice are more than ready to debate on this national platform which has [size=28pt]well-established procedures and [/size] [size=28pt]rules of engagement[/size] and look forward to receiving an invitation from the organisers.

“By reason of  incumbency, qualifications and long continuous experience in governance at state and national levels, Jonathan and Sambo [b][size=28pt]have a far better grasp and understanding of the[/size] [size=28pt]nation’s challenges[/size] than any of their opponents and are better placed than them to proffer workable solutions to the country’s problems.

abopal:

It is preposterous to insinuate that the duo are reluctant or afraid of a debate with other presidential candidates as it ought to be obvious that they have no reason to be hesitant about debating any of the candidates being presented by other political parties.

PDP, it was gathered, felt the presidential debate was a bait for some of the political parties to embarrass its presidential candidate and the running mate

debest1:

^^^All the candidates get the questions in advance in order to prepare adequately. So there is really no advantage for anyone in this case

proudly9ja:

The other candidates should not participate in any debate organised by BON or NTA or any government organisation. It is unfair to participate in a debate where the incumbent has already received questions.

If the president cannot participate in a debate organised by an independent body, then so be it.

After they will be blaming secondary school students who seek expo before exams.

proudly9ja:

Not totally true. Fact is, govt has some key information not available to others.

Secondly, if GEJ can make sure that he receives questions before the debate, how are we sure he would not vet questions too? i.e. make sure questions he cannot answer are not asked?

Bukittes:

Debate or no debate, participate or no participate, Talk is cheap and that isn't what we even need sef! We need action from all these morons!

zeeleso:

See how they shoot themselves in the foot, now are you admitting that the reasons you initially gave(see quote below) are weak and quite frankly transparent thereby not good or solid enough to actually be reasons.

Pharoh:

The reasons they gave for avoiding the earlier debates up to this moment has been consistent and no changes even to this present revelation.  I would say they are very much on point for those excuses judging from the situation on ground and in my opinion the BON is the right party to organize this debate for[b] fairness and impartiality[/b]. So those people shouting that good luck has been avoiding debate are now proved wrong now. They should take up the challenge and join the president in whatever debate he decides to participate as from now on.

Pharoh:

[b]The reasons they gave for avoiding the earlier debates [/b]up to this moment has been consistent and no changes even to this present revelation.  I would say they are very much on point for those excuses judging from the situation on ground and in my opinion the BON is the right party to organize this debate for fairness and impartiality. So those people shouting that good luck has been avoiding debate are now proved wrong now. They should take up the challenge and join the president in whatever debate he decides to participate as from now on.

dayokanu:

GEJ is a disgrace to all PhD holders from uniport

zeeleso:

The Bold is my point exactly. They gave reasons for being hesitant, but why are they now saying they have no reasons to be hesitant. Did they forget the reasons they gave before or Are they denying they ever gave reasons to avoid the first debate at all or Could it be that they have seen the light like most of us and now realise that those were too lame to be reasons in the first place? I'm really getting tired of the PDP trend of changing stories daily.

So my fellow 9ja man, i'm not talking about their various reasons been consistent or not. The point is that they gave us some reasons. [s]And dont get me wrong, this is a good news in many ways.[/s]

Johnpaul2k2:

I'M SEEING SOME JEALOUSY HERE
BEFORE WAS THAT
GEJ DOESN'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE
NOW HE AGREED TO TAKE A PART
STILL
SOME BLACK BERRY (BB 2011) BOYS
CONTINUE TO CASTIGATE HIM AGAIN
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM GEJ
TELL ME