Presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) for the 2019
general elections, Prof Kingsley Moghalu, says he is ready to spar with
President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential debate organised by the
Nigerian Elections Debate Group (NEDG) and the Broadcasting
Organisation Of Nigeria (BON).
Moghalu also said he hopes the nation’s president honours the debate invitation extended his way by the organisers.
Buhari
and the then opposition APC refused to participate in the March 2015
debate, citing an “avalanche of inflammatory statements, misinformation
and blatant lies propagated by” some of the media organisations who
put the debate together.
The NEDG/BON vice presidential and
presidential debates for the 2019 elections are slated for December 14
and January 19 respectively.
Moghalu says he is happy that his party, the YPP, made the debate cut.
“I
want to thank BON and NEDG for the invitation to debate ideas and how
to fix Nigeria on January 19, 2019. Hopefully, the President or any of
the other selected candidates will not dodge this very important debate
because that will be a huge shame and a disservice to our dear nation”,
Moghalu said.
Moghalu added that he considers it an honour that
his running mate, Umma Getso, was also invited for the vice presidential
debate scheduled for Friday, December 14.
“Getso and I are the
best tag team for the job and Nigerians will find this out during the
scheduled debates. The YPP is ready for this debate and I am ready to
take on President Muhammadu Buhari.
“This is what I have always
advocated. That candidate’s must earn every vote and a televised debate
for the nation’s number one job is one sure way to earn those votes. The
YPP made the cut from a long list of 91 political parties and 73
presidential candidates. That alone tells you how much ground we have
covered since I declared I was running and how much impact we have made
nationwide.
“No other presidential candidate has worked as hard
as I have all year to earn the votes and confidence of Nigerians. On
February 16, all of the efforts that the YPP have put in, will be
rewarded. The debate is just another step forward for us on our way to
Aso Rock”, Moghalu said.
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