honeric01:

Have you actually watched any of the campaign PDP? he reads everything from the book and even gets expo from others standing besides him, hardly talks from his head.

seanet02:

Why are you People so wicked? Why did you want GEJ to show his Cluelessness on such a High Scale? Did you want to bring him to disrepute? Since you all know ODECHUKWU is Inept to lead us why did you want Ribadu and Buhari to take him to the cleaners? Imagine if Pat Utomi is also there, he will tore GEJ into Pieces with his Master Economic Plans. Abeg leave ODECHUKWU alone.

U de vex?:

Is it Buhari that talks as if he's cooking yams in his mouth that can debate GEJ? lol
All those clowns want to get cheap publicity from debates when they largely abandoned the campaign trail.

seanet02:

Why are you People so wicked? Why did you want GEJ to show his Cluelessness on such a High Scale? Did you want to bring him to disrepute? Since you all know [b]ODECHUKWU [/b]is Inept to lead us why did you want Ribadu and Buhari to take him to the cleaners? Imagine if Pat Utomi is also there, he will tore GEJ into Pieces with his Master Economic Plans. Abeg leave [b]ODECHUKWU [/b]alone.

apoti:

At least Buhari is not running away, neither is he afraid of debating. It is your GEJ Odechuckwu1 of Bayelsa that is scared. We are not interested in the campaigns where all they do is tell lies and deceive people. Let them all come live on TV, tell us their plans and answer questions live

apoti:

At least Buhari is not running away, neither is he afraid of debating. It is your GEJ Odechuckwu1 of Bayelsa that is scared. We are not interested in the campaigns where all they do is tell lies and deceive people. Let them all come live on TV, tell us their plans and answer questions live

Pharoh:

Sorry to burst your bubble but majority of the electorate believe in the campaign more than this useless debate. Campaigning has been used for ages in nigeria and it is the most effective way to communicate your programs to the voters. Let them come live on tv like every nigeria has access to a television and there would be electricity to watch it right?.

People are just looking for cheap publicity and goodluck will never give them, debate or not every nigerian knows who to vote for and that is simple. I am sure you voted for buhari in 1999, 2003 and 2007 right or is it now that buhari became your savior?.

We dey laugh . .

Pharoh:

What is wrong in reading from the book? people do cram a lot just to come and woo the audience. My brother it doesn't matter to me if he reads from a book or a teleprompter which most world leaders do. The goal for me is actual delivery of results and putting words into actions that would yield meaningful results. Like the poster said below, debates are over rated though it is good but not compulsory in my opinion as there are better substitutes for debates.

Debates would serve the western public well where there is high literacy level and most people understand the general language. How many nigerians has access to television, can speak english or is even literate enough to understand the whole stuffs they are debating on tv. The best way of campaigning and passing your message in soceities like nigeria is to use various mediums of engagement that are very effective. Interest groups, avertisements, party meetings, nationwide campaign or just name it. There are agents also working for you to communicate with the populace in their language and level of understanding. The number of people in the informal sectors is very much greater than the number of people in the formal sector so who are you targeting with your debate?.

How many market women, mechanic, carpenter or vulcanizer will watch the debate and make sense of it. How will you reach those people with a debate if not interest groups, meeting with the leaders who will in turn pass your message to the rank and file. Debate is necessary in some societies but definitely not Nigeria because the enlightened ones you want to reach with your debate are sophisticated enough to know where to get information about your programs. You guys are just trying to make a mountain out of nothing but seriously ask yourself what is the penetration level of these debates?, what segments and amount of the population can it reach. The purpose of debate is to get the electorate so there are other effective means to that simple. It is not compulsory so you guys should just drop it and vote for those you feel deserves your vote.

9ijaMan:

For once I agree with you that most Nigerians believe in campaign. However, even on the campaign trail, GEJ is still being whooped. Abeg show us any pix of GEJ's campaign trail with as many attendants as shown below.

So who do the people prefer even if we have to use campaign trails as a guide? Despite all the resources available to GEJ he's still being trounced on the campaign trails.

honeric01:

No, you're wrong again, a PHd holding president should be able to tell his followers how's going to do what he's promising them without having to read from the book, if you have an idea on how to solve a problem, you don't have to read it from the books ALL THE TIME, but for GEJ, he has never said anything on his own, if he has the idea, he should be able to say them without having to read all the ideas from the book, and sometimes he even miss up words he read and those behind him always end up correcting him. Thats not a sign of someone who truly knows what he's reading or planning to do.

1025:

is not only jonathan, it is against the law of pdp as a party to attand public debates. i was listening to dosumu (pdp gubernitorial candidate of lagos) on wazobia one day and i felt too bad. can u invite my state(imo) gov - ohakim for a public debate? the gov of abia state ran away so let us not blame joe rather it is their party.

Tunmi:

Dosunmu participated in the Lagos Gubernatorial Debate. Jonathan has no excuse other than e "did not understand the content" of the form he was supposed to sign. Shame, really.

Now will this be on YouTube? Please say yes.

maclatunji:

Fear don catch Beaf and his principal. What a shame! Breath of Fresh Air cannot even show face for global audience. Now that we know that the President is afraid of live television. We need to get live coverage of every polling station (no matter the cost) during the April elections. All of these feeds will provide evidence if "unknown gunmen" try to snatch ballot boxes. We need to start stockpiling spy cameras already.

publisher:

i just saw (on tv) buhari/bakare's rally in port harcourt,less than 600 people in attendance!!!

Pharoh:

Yes he is a public speaker and he has done that in various capacities, conferences and even rallies if you want to factor this election campaigning so there is not doubt about that.  He simply is not interested so why can't you guys get it, listen to the ones who wants to debate and choose who to vote for. Those that will vote for goodluck already know how and when he has communicated his plans to them. It is not by force to debate or what exactly is the issue here. What is the fuse about this debate or did MKO had a debate before the presidential election in 1993? same for shagari and the first republic elections. What is the benefit of a debate that cannot be served by other means, he has communicated with Nigerians on facebook, through his campaign and he thinks that is enough.


Being a Phd holder does not translate to a competent public speaker, you must have gone through the presentations of many lecturers and i doubt if they all performed equally. Being a good public debater does not translate to a better administrator or manager. It is one thing to perform very well at the debate and another thing to perform well when you are actually given the job to do. You guys are just trying to make a mountain out of nothing and i doubt any one of you would even manage a local government if given the job. A good strategist picks the battle he has the highest comparative advantage of winning and he is not driven by impulse or popular opinions.