2023: Daria Media to interview Nigeria presidential candidates

Foremost media organization, Daria Media, has announced on Monday that the presidential candidates of the six leading political parties will be interviewed on a show called “The Candidates” ahead of the 2023 general elections.

The Candidates’ is a two hour live televised town hall meetings that features the presidential and vice presidential candidates of the six leading political parties on different episode of the meetings.

‘In a statement released on Twitter, it was made known that the town hall meeting will be holding from 17th of November, 2022 till 23rd of November, 2023. It was revealed that town hall meetings is sponsored by the MacArthur foundation, Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), and YouTube and will be live on NTA, FRCN, Radio Now, DSTV, Youtube, Facebook and more.

It was also revealed that the top six leading political parties were selected by a combination of editorial judgement, aggregated polls by the Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD, occupation of elective offices and presence across the country.

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According to the statement:

” ‘The Candidates’ Presidential town hall will take place as follows: Prince Adewole Adebayo and running mate, Alh. Yusuf Buhari, of the Social Democratic Party – 17th November, 2022; Mr. Omoyele Stephen Sowore and running mate, Barrister Haruna Garba Magashi, of the African Action Congress Party – 18th November, 2022 Sen. Rabiu Musa Nwankwaso and running mate, Bishop Isaac Idahosa, of the New Nigeria Peoples Party -19th November, 2022; Mr. Peter Obi (CON) and running mate, Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, of the Labour Party – 21st November 2022.”

Alh. Atiku Abubakar and running mate, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa of the People’s Democratic Party – 22nd November, 2022; Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and running mate, Sen. Shettima Kashim of the All Progressives Congress Party – 23rd November 2022.

“The town hall meetings will be moderated by ace journalist, Kadaria Ahmed, who has been moderating presidential debates and town hall meetings since the 2011 elections while the CEO of Cabal Entertainment, Obi Asika, will be the producer.

Each edition of the series will also have 6 remote locations in Nigerian universities with live interactive audiences in Maiduguri, Enugu, Ibadan, Port Harcourt, Kano & Abuja who will be part of the live townhall series.