Buhari, Atiku, Yemi Osinbajo, Peter Obi Set To Participate In Televised Town Hall Meetings

The presidential candidates of four political parties are set to partake in televised town hall meetings alongside their VP candidates ahead of the 2019 presidential election.

The town hall series is a co-production between Daria Media and the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), and supported by the MacArthur Foundation.

According to a statement released on Monday, December 31, 2018, the series will start on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 with the candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Kingsley Moghalu and his running mate, Umma Getso.

APC would have its candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari and his running mate, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, appear at the televised event on January 16, while candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore and his running mate, Rabiu Ahmed Rufai, will appear at the town hall on January 23.

Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Peter Obi, will wrap up the series on January 30.

The parties participating in the four-part, two-hour live televised town hall meeting series were selected from the results of multiple polls aggregated by the Centre for Democracy and Development, according to the organisers.

The statement read, “The candidates will provide a unique platform for direct interaction between the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates of the leading political parties in Nigeria and citizens.

“There will be an audience of 100 people for each town hall, including CSOs and the Diplomatic Corps, as well as citizens (who have applied online via daria.media) selected via an impartial and fair application process; other participants will join the conversation via social media and phone calls.

“It will be an opportunity for Nigerians to hear directly from the aspirants and to ask them questions on governance and nation building.”