The Nigerian Elections Debate Group (NEDG) has postponed the Presidential Debate scheduled to hold today, Thursday, January 26, 2023 by 5 pm. Executive Secretary, NEDG, Eddie Emessiri, who confirmed the postponement to SaharaReporters on Thursday, attributed it to logistics problems. 'We have postponed it; we are not holding any debate again. We have logistics problem so we are postponing it for now,' Emessiri told SaharaReporters on Thursday.
January 26, 2023Executive Secretary, NEDG, Eddie Emessiri, who confirmed the postponement to SaharaReporters on Thursday, attributed it to logistics problems.
Though some presidential candidates told SaharaReporters that they did not get any invitation to attend the debate, Emessiri said NESG was planning to invite all presidential candidates.
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