US Delegates Emphasise Need For Presidential Debate

US Delegates Emphasise Need For Presidential Debate
Golfa Francis, Abuja

The US presidential Debate Delegation has emphasized on the importance of presidential debate as a tool of achieving credible election, transparency and accountability.

The delegation, which paid a courtesy call on the Director General of Voice of Nigeria, Mallam Abukbakar Jijiwa, urged the media to create adequate publicity that would spur the public interest on the importance of presidential debate.

The media's role

The leader of the delegation, Matt Dippell, noted that it was the responsibility of the Nigerian media to initiate series of programs that would assist Nigerians in making the right choice of candidate in the April polls.

Mallam Jijiwa, who is also the Chairman of the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria, said that the forth coming presidential debate in Nigeria was a process that requires the contribution of every Nigerian.

He therefore urged the delegation to partner with the media to make the Nigeria election a success.

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