Akwa Ibom NUJ ramps up preparation for 2023 governorship debate, unveils logo, modalities

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Akwa Ibom State Council has unveiled its official hashtag for the 2023 governorship debate (#AKSGOVDEBATE2023), the official Facebook page (Akwa Ibom Governorship Debate 2023), a google sheet for questions to be sent to question bank (http://bitly.ws/wNli) and the official email address (akwaibomgovernorshipdebate2023@gmail.com) ahead of the general elections in the state.

The chairman of the Political Committee of NUJ, Comrade Aniekan Udofia in a press conference held at the council secretariat, said no candidate would be allowed to send a surrogate or mandate people who may accompany them to the debate to answer questions on their behalf as such does not show any sign of responsibility or commitment on the part of the candidate.

Udofia, whose committee is facilitating the debate, explained that out of the 18 registered political parties, only six indicated interest to participate in the debate saying that the committee will administer an oath of allegiance to the candidates to abide by the rules of the debate.

The political parties that will participate in the debate, according to him, include African Alliance Congress, AAC, African Democratic Congress, ADC, Young Progressives Party, YPP, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, All Progressives Congress, APC and New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP