A statement by Mr. Tunde Muraina on behalf of the organisation in Ibadan on Sunday, wondered why any candidate would decide to shun the debate which is an avenue for all governorship candidates in the state to sell their programmes to the electorate.
The organisation noted that the debate would afford the candidates the opportunity to analyse their programmes with a view to allowing the electorate pick their preferred candidate.
The statement read, “We read with dismay the media report credited to one of the aides of Governor Alao-Akala, who is the PDP governorship candidate in the state that he might not come for the debate because he (governor) was not consulted before picking the date.
“We are not surprised because we have it on good authority that he will not come. This has further proven our point that Alao-Akala is not fit to be the governor of the state.
“The debate is an avenue to tell the people why he deserves a second term in office but he does not have anything to show.
“Alao-Akala should come and tell the people how he has been spending the allocations given to the state. This construction by deception must stop. He should come forward to explain the gains of his globetrotting and his self acclaimed achievements to the electorate.
“We challenge him and other candidates to come forward to defend their programmes for the citizens. The debate clashed with some of our scheduled programmes but we had to reschedule them because our party has citizens’ welfare-oriented manifesto and our candidate is ready to implement it.
“We believe debate is part of campaign and sparing two to three hours will not be too much.
“If Alao-Akala and others think the date is not suitable, they should meet the organisers and fix another date. We believe the organisers will give him the opportunity.”
The governor, through his Special Adviser on Public Communications, Mr. Dotun Oyelade, had on Saturday said he would not participate in the debate because apart from clashing with his campaign schedule, which had been planned and accepted by stakeholders, the date was also decided unilaterally by the organisers without any input from his campaign organisation.
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