Timetable for Nigeria presidential debates released

                                         

The Nigeria Elections Debate Group (NEDG) has announced that the 2015 presidential debates would hold between January 28 and February 5.

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of NEDG, Mr Sola Omole, disclosed this to newsmen after a meeting of the board in Abuja, hosted by the former Chairman of Daar Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi.

According to him, Directors-General of the Presidential Campaign Organisations of the 14 participating political parties would open the floor on January 28 and will be followed by the Vice-Presidential debates, billed for January 29.

He said the debates involving the presidential candidates would hold in two sessions and would come to a close on Feb. 5.

For those who don't know the NEDG, it is a coalition of broadcast, civil society and professional organisations, committed to deepening the country's democracy. It is also aimed at entrenching an enduring democratic culture through organised television debates since the return of democratic rule in 1999.

-NAN