{"id":13643,"date":"2018-11-22T20:53:03","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T20:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=13643"},"modified":"2018-11-22T20:53:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T20:53:03","slug":"nedg-bon-fix-january-19-for-2019-presidential-election-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=13643","title":{"rendered":"NEDG, BON Fix January 19 For 2019 Presidential Election Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Election Debate Group (NEDG) and Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) have announced the dates for 2019 presidential and vice-presidential election debate.<br \/>\nThe presidential debate is fixed for January 19, 2019, while vice-presidential candidates are billed to have their debate on\u00a0December 14, 2018.<br \/>\nChairman of BON, Mr\u00a0John Momoh (OON), made the announcement on Thursday at a press conference in Abuja.<br \/>\nMr Momoh, who is also the\u00a0Chairman\/CEO of Channels Media Group, said the debates will be aired on\u00a0all BON member radio and television stations across the country and also streamed on social media platforms.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Nigerian Election Debate Group and the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria are organising a presidential debate on January the 19th, 2019 and a vice presidential debate on December the 14th, 2018.<br \/>\n\u201cThe debates would hold at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja and will be broadcast live on all BON member radio and television stations across the country.<br \/>\n\u201cThe debates will also be streamed live on all mobile and social media platforms such as Youtube, Facebook, Twitter And Instagram, to give it a global coverage,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nMr Momoh added that the debates will focus on the issues that matter most to working families; restoring our economy, providing electricity, creating jobs, securing health care for every Nigerian, making and achieving excellence in every Nigerian school and ensuring safety and security for Nigerians.<br \/>\nHe said the NEDG will also set the formats and rules of the debate.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Nigerian Election Debate Group would set the format and rules of the debate, handle moderation, outline the criteria for political party participation, ensure the objectivity of audiences and steer negotiations between broadcasters and the parties.<br \/>\n\u201cNigerians expect the leaders of all political parties to be challenged in a very public and robust way in these debates. not just one of them, but a series of them,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nBy <strong>Channels Television\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Election Debate Group (NEDG) and Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) have announced the dates for 2019 presidential and vice-presidential election debate. The presidential debate is fixed for January 19, 2019, while vice-presidential candidates are billed to have their debate on\u00a0December 14, 2018. Chairman of BON, Mr\u00a0John Momoh (OON), made the announcement on Thursday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}