We are non-partisan – NEDG replies APC

The Nigeria Elections Debate Group, NEDG, yesterday reacted to fears raised by the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organization, APCPCO, that made its presidential candidates, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to boycott the 2015 General elections debates.
The group insisted that it was non-partisan as alleged by the opposition party, adding that there was no basis for the APC or its candidates to refuse honouring an invite to feature in the on-going debates.
NEDG’s Chairman of Media and Publicity Committee, Mr Tony Akiotu in a statement he issued in Abuja, explained that the activities of the group were not influenced by its Chairman, Shola Omale, even though he is the Director-General of federal government-owned Nigeria Television Authority, NTA

The NEDG Spokesman clarified that Mr. Omale happened to be the Chairman of the group by virtue of his position as the Chairman of BON, an office which oscillates between the D-G of NTA and that of Voice of Nigeria, VON.
Mr. Akiotu went on to state that the founder of Daar Communication owners of African Independent Television, AIT, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, though a member does not influence the group nor its activities.
He insisted that NEDG was an independent body that is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC,
and has members drawn from the Nigerian Guild of Editors, Nigerian Union of Journalists, the Transition Monitoring Group as well as the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria, BON.

 

It pleaded with the APC to reconsider its position, promising that the debate would provide an opportunity for its presidential candidate and his running mate to market themselves to the Nigerian electorates.
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