The Candidates, an original Daria Media concept, supported by the MacArthur Foundation, NTA and YouTube will be live on NTA, FRCN, Radio Now, DSTV, Youtube, Facebook and more.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Broadcaster Kadaria Ahmed will host presidential candidates for the 2023 elections on the town hall series, The Candidates, from November 17.
The two-hour live televised town hall meeting series will feature the presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the six leading political parties.
These parties were selected using a combination of editorial judgement, aggregated polls by the Centre for Democracy and Development, occupation of elective offices and presence across the country, organisers said.
The Candidates, an original Daria Media concept, supported by the MacArthur Foundation, NTA and YouTube will be live on NTA, FRCN, Radio Now, DSTV, Youtube, Facebook and more.
Kole Shettima, the Africa Director of the MacArthur Foundation, said: “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:
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
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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
Ahmed has been moderating presidential debates and town halls since the 2011 elections.
‘The Candidates’ this year is produced by Obi Asika, CEO of Cabal Entertainment, 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.
Commenting on this, Asika said, “ I am hugely excited to be working with Kadaria Ahmed, one of Nigeria’s most distinguished journalists and broadcasters with a long and impressive track record in print, tv and radio. We hope to deliver a town hall series that will make all Nigerians proud regardless of which candidate they support and we want to enable the best possible platform for all the leading candidates to come and share their best plans for Nigeria with Nigerians.”
According to the organisers, each edition of the series also has six remote locations in Nigerian universities with live interactive audiences in Maiduguri, Enugu, Port Harcourt, Kano and Abuja who will be part of the live town hall series.
There will be an audience of 100 people for each town hall, including CSOs and the Diplomatic Corps.