honeric01:

Sponsored article my foot, didn't you see the names of the media houses that are trying to organize the debate? if you think the debate is a fallacy, why not contact NN24 for proof or is NN24 a CPC TV station?

Beaf:

Did those media houses publish the rubbish article? And if the fabricated tosh came from them as unbiased mediators, would it not buttress the fact that the article is sponsored?
The story, just like the title of this article is a blatant falsehood.

honeric01:

The PDP demanded that the advance copy of questions be made available to candidates. It also requested an outright stoppage of the studio audience from posing questions to the candidates.

It was learnt that representatives of Buhari, Ribadu and Shekarau, however, insisted on an open debate without inhibitions.


“I think there is that suspicion that the opposition is trying to use the debate to embarrass the President on key economic issues like the 60-40% ratio of recurrent and capital allocations; excess crude account; and foreign reserves.

“The way some of the candidates have been passionate about the state of the economy is a worry to the Jonathan camp.

“They are also suspecting that the audience might be skewed in favour of the opposition candidates.”

Another source at the session said: “We won’t allow any candidate to have prepared questions and later come to the session with a teleprompter.

“What we are demanding is that Nigerians and the world should assess the presidential candidates based on their natural endowments.

“We will rather cancel the debate than bend the rules for one of the candidates.”

Beaf:

^
Contact who? How does that sound to you? Contact supposedly unbiased arbiters? Dude, we aren't operating in a vulcanisers workshop.

The nation newspaper carried another absolutely false story just last week, so there are no shockers. As usual with false stories, they are the only ones with the "news."

oyb:

a debate is a 'threat to national security'- it will make it clear to thr rest of the world that our no 1 citizen is an intellectual weakling .  

afam4eva:

Beaf, pls be reasonable for once in your life. How can a presidential candidate be asking for the question paper before the exam.Who does that. What is he afraid of?

Beaf:

Why do you tend to make foolish comments? My position is that the entire story is a fabrication, so where is your daft question coming from?

afam4eva:

Beaf, pls be reasonable for once in your life. How can a presidential candidate be asking for the question paper before the exam.Who does that. What is he afraid of?

dayokanu:

Later the clueless odechukwu would come out and decry the state of education when as a PhD holder, He cant even debate without expo?

If Buhari that they claims only speak Hausa is ready to take up the challenge and our PhD mumuface odechukwu is camera shy.

Maybe he wants to write the answers on his laps

eku_bear:

He should do what George W Bush did (another poor debater.) Get a wireless comms device on his ear, get fed answers by his staff. Dishonest and immoral, but better than chickening out.