British School Holds Mock Nigerian Pre-Election Presidential Debate


05 Feb 2015

A well-known Roman Catholic independent school for girls in Surrey, London, Woldingham School, has conducted mock elections ahead of this month’s elections.

In a highly spirited and empassioned ‘pre-election’ debate which featured the two dominant Nigerian political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), Amarachi Onyebuchi and Siobhan Obi filled in for President Jonathan and Vice-President Namadi Sambo, while Oreoluwa Ogunbiyi and Susannah Peppiatt stood in for General Buhari and his Vice-President candidate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo respectively.

The issues discussed during the ‘pre-election’ debate ranged widely from corruption to feminism, to the future of Nigeria’s largely oil-based economy, given the global fall in oil prices. Speaking for the PDP, Amarachi and Siobham, focused largely on President Jonathan’s economic achievements during his six years in office, pointing to the fact that the Nigerian economy, in the last year, became the largest in Africa, something the two speakers claimed was linked to the rebasing of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Products (GDP).

The APC representatives, Oreoluwa and Susannah fired back, insisting that the rebasing of the economy could not be attributed solely to the PDP presidency.
Speaking further, the APC spokespersons picked upon Jonathan’s poor record on corruption and also discussed the issue of “the missing N20billion” and the unjust firing of Sanusi Lamido, especially in the light of the fact that the PDP has just gone to visit Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano, to appeal for his vote.

Although the pre-debate mood had anticipated the win of the APC, many attendees were impressed by the argument put forward by the PDP, acknowledging that despite Jonathan’s failure to deal with Boko Haram and increasing unemployment, what Nigeria needed the most was continuity.

They also raised concerns about Buhari’s role as a former military head of state who had imprisoned many journalists and activists, in what seemed to be a fight against free speech, and also, the potential significance of his identity as a Muslim in his role as President.

APC’s Susannah and Oreoluwa were no less inspiring, referring to Doyin Okupe’s use of ‘Bring back Jonathan” slogans as being distasteful in the light of the continuing plight of the missing Chibok girls.

Both sides stressed the need to bolster Nigeria’s agricultural sector and diversify the economy by supporting farmers across the country and improving inter-regional competitiveness, to ensure that the Nigerian economy was not left at the mercy of oil.

The representatives of both political parties took questions from the floor, which were answered with diligence, in evidence that both sides had done extensive research into the policies in the respective manifestos of both parties.

After the debates, voting took place in mock elections. When the results were announced the next day at the full school assembly, the APC scored 79.24 per cent of the votes cast and 20.7 per cent went to the PDP.

Woldingham School also plans to hold another debate and mock elections ahead of the May British elections.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/british-school-holds-mock-nigerian-pre-election-presidential-debate/201024/

With f9 in Mathis right?

Incidentally a grade Six class at Greensprings School had a mock election last week and gave 100% of their votes to GMB. I suspect PDP is shitting bricks by now with all these negative auguries.

Akon419:
With f9 in Mathis right?

He is your next president so deal with it!!!!!

Guess the kids had more important considerations.

Akon419:
With f9 in Mathis right?

Everywhere you go it's Sai Buhari, even school kids for London know our Presido is clueless.

All those people wey Don chop part of our $20 billion must vomit am or go jail.

Hope temitemi, Firefire and Co are listening, they must be prevented from running away after next week.

The gospel of Change is going international.
Jonathan, kirikiri prison beseech u n ur crooked cohorts.
#changeworldwide

Do they have voters card ? will they vote? Are they even nigerians

Please tell me another story joor

Akon419:
With f9 in Mathis right?

I hope you can interact sensibly amidst these kids

Jonathan just start packing. Your time is up.

They reflect what they hear from their parents, teachers and everyone else around them. They are too young to dissimulate or be bribed. They don't know tribe or worry about religion. And they probably love those pictures of avuncular GMB with his grandkids Talk of a PR coup! APC in 2015 and for the next 600 years!

ozoigbondu:
Do they have voters card ? will they vote? Are they even nigerians

Please tell me another story joor

ozoigbondu:
Do they have voters card ? will they vote? Are they even nigerians

Please tell me another story joor

Ejo lo fero oooooo..... Gmb to win online polls till sperm dry commot 4 my testicles

Lol.. I hope them londoners have PVC or else come febuary 14 we will "mock" the mock british schl election

sleemoon:


Ejo lo fero oooooo..... Gmb to win online polls till sperm dry commot 4 my testicles

I have feeling it will soon dry

Quote "I have no $, £ or Naira to give you all i have to give you is my all as i am not perfect but still striving" GMB

give me a second chance and i will do better. GEJ