Symposium Newsletter, April 4, 2022

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Monday, April 4, 2022

“We must begin to imbibe a culture by which those who aspire to lead our people are subjected to a rigorous process of public debates that will assess their suitability on objective criteria, rather than the religion they practise or where they come from.”

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Olusegun Adeniyi

(Chairman, ThisDay Editorial Board)

Dear Friend,Our 12th anniversary symposium will hold tomorrow, Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 10am at the Yar’Adua Center in Abuja. The focus of the conversation is to explore how political debates contribute to democracy via citizens' engagement; the necessity of a legal requirement; the role of the media and the role of political parties.The symposium will feature a keynote address by Janet Brown, the Executive Director of the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), the body that hosts all presidential debates in the US.

The event will also feature a media panel with different debate moderators – Maupe Ogun-Yusuf, Ngozi Alaegbu, Reuben Abati, Seun Okinbaloye, and Mac Imoni Amarere – in conversation with Segun Adeniyi; and a debate panel with Babatunde Fashola, Federal Minister of Works & Housing and former Lagos State governor; Mercy Tosin Ayodele, 2018 Osun governorship election candidate; Eddie Emessiri, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Election Debate Group (NEDG), and ‘Yemi Adamolekun, Executive Director, Enough is Enough Nigeria (EiE).Yet to register? Click here, and join us in-person or online TOMORROW!

Enjoy the rest of the week.The EiE Nigeria Team