Nigeria

The station is collaborating with the University of Calabar to stage the first ever Student Union Government presidential debate on radio in the state.

If the bill is passed, those seeking election as president, governor, lawmakers and other elective positions, including their running mates, would have to go through a debate which would be organised by a proposed commission.

The debate featured Mr. Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC); Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Earl Osaro Osaze Onaiwu of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Pastor Amos Areleogbe of the Labour Party (LP).

The two major contenders in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State, Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress, and Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the Peoples Democratic Party, are to square up against each other in a governorship debate.

Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the September 10 governorship election in Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, on Sunday night, shunned a debate organised for governorship candidates of political parties in the state ahead of the election.

The Presidency has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) of avoiding a debate with his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart and incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan.

THE last time Nigerians enjoyed something really close to an exciting presidential debate was during the 1993 presidential elections.