The Plateau Debate Guild (PDG) has announced that it will only be able to host four (4) our of the eighteen (18) Gubernatorial Candidates in January 2023. This is as a result of the scarcity of funds at the disposal of the organization.
In a statement signed by the Director General and Secretary of the organization respectively, Dr Daniel Meshak and Secretary Alfred Mangai, the group stressed that the objective of the debate is that it provides a platform for healthy, intelligent and robust interaction among Gubernatorial Candidates to stimulate an issue-based political environment. This according to group will enable the electorate to listen to the manifesto of the Gubernatorial Candidates and make informed choices during the 2023 general elections, and also provide a basis for holding political office holder accountable.
The group urged the public to participate in an opinion poll which will be conducted to select participants in the debate scheduled for January 2023.
According the organization, the online voting process will commence Monday, 26 December 2022- at 12 noon and end Friday, 30 December 2022 by 11.59 pm. The link to the poll will be circulated widely and campaign teams can equally share it with their supporters.
The group noted that the poll has nothing to do with the Public’s choice of a candidate during the elections. The market survey component will entail our teams going to major markets within the three senatorial zones in Plateau State to administer the questionnaire on the selection of candidates for the PDG Gubernatorial Debate. The timeline for the survey is between Monday, 26 December 2022 and Saturday 31 December 2022.
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