Murtala Muhammed Foundation Hosts 2015 Presidential Election Debates

The Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF), in partnership with CNBC Africa, Forbes Africa and BusinessDay, will host the presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the two frontline political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to live debates to present their proposed agenda to the electorate.



The debates tagged: “2015 Presidential Election Debates,” would feature Namadi Sambo, PDP’s Vice Presidential candidate and his APC counterpart, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN in the first leg of the debate, while the second leg of the debate shall feature Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR and Major General (retd) Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, the presidential candidates of the PDP and APC respectively. The debates are slated to hold in Abuja, on February 8, 2015.
According to the Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, Mrs. Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode, the debates have been expressly designed to elevate the level of political discourse in the country, enhance participatory democracy as well as re-focus attention on national growth and development during this election period.