Tinubu, Atiku, Obi, others set for fresh debate on ‘The Candidates’

Presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP) and several other contestants are billed to attend a two-hour live televised town hall meeting series of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates of the six leading political parties.

‘The Candidates’ presidential town hall series, an original Daria Media concept, supported by the MacArthur Foundation, NTA and YouTube, launches on the 17th of November, 2022 and will be live on NTA, FRCN, Radio Now, DSTV, Youtube, Facebook and more.

Kole Shettima, the Africa Director of the MacArthur Foundation, says “the foundation is privileged to support an opportunity for Nigerians to interact with the leading presidential candidates in the 2023 general elections.”

The Candidates’ presidential town hall will take place as follows:

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Adewole Adebayo and running mate, Yusuf Buhari, of the Social Democratic Party – 17th November 2022; Omoyele Stephen Sowore and running mate Haruna Garba Magashi, of the African Action Congress Party –18th November 2022.

Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and running mate Isaac Idahosa of the New Nigeria Peoples Party -19th November 2022; Peter Obi and running mate Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed of the Labour Party – 21st November 2022.

Atiku Abubakar and running mate Ifeanyi Okowa of the Peoples Democratic Party – 22nd November 2022; Bola Ahmed Tinubu and running mate Shettima Kashim of the All Progressives Congress Party – 23rd November 2022.

Kadaria Ahmed, a leading Nigerian broadcaster and journalist, will moderate each town hall. She has been moderating presidential debates and town halls since the 2011 elections.

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‘The Candidates’ this year is produced by Obi Asika, CEO of Cabal Ent who has produced several major live events, festivals, tv shows, reality formats and has been at the forefront of media production for decades. He and his team will seek to bring that quality to The Candidates.

The Candidates will be live streaming and live broadcast production, providing a unique platform for direct interaction between the Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates of the leading political parties in Nigeria and her citizens.

The Candidates will be broadcast across Nigeria on all platforms: live on NTA, over 30 FRCN radio stations, and other partner TV stations, as well as streamed online on YouTube and social media platforms to enable Nigerians in the diaspora to participate.