2019: Buhari, Osinbajo to face Nigerians at presidential town-hall session

President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo, will on Wednesday participate in a live televised two-hour presidential town-hall programme.

The duo, who are the presidential and vice presidential candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming February 16, presidential election, will at the event entertain questions from the moderator, Kadaria Ahmed, and from the general public through various platforms.

This was contained in a statement made available by Director, Strategic Communications, APC Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo (SAN) to newsmen on Tuesday.

He said, “The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR and the Vice-President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, GCON, who are also the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidates of the All Progressives Congress in the forthcoming Presidential elections will, on Wednesday, January 16, 2019, at 8:00pm (Nigerian time)”

According to him, attendance was strictly by invitation, adding that all guests are expected to be seated by 7:00pm.

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“The presidential series, which is titled ‘The Candidates’, is designed by the organisers to have both the presidential and their vice-presidential candidates of selected political parties on stage at the same time and at different dates to take questions from the moderator, Kadaria Ahmed and from the general public through various platforms.

“The programme would be broadcast live on NTA, which shall in turn provide the live feeds to other partner stations like TVC, Wazobia TV, Oak TV and on all Radio Nigeria stations. It will also be streamed on-line at dtv.media to enable Nigerians in diaspora to participate.

“Nigerians are encouraged to kindly tune in to participate”.

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