{"id":35686,"date":"2015-01-31T19:08:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T18:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=35686"},"modified":"2015-01-31T19:08:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T18:08:22","slug":"debate-apc-shielding-buharis-intellectual-laziness-says-ffk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/debate-apc-shielding-buharis-intellectual-laziness-says-ffk\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate: APC is Shielding Buhari\u2019s Intellectual Laziness says FFK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mailview-right\" class=\"offset uibox\">\n<div id=\"messagecontent\">\n<div class=\"leftcol\">\n<div id=\"messagebody\">\n<div class=\"message-htmlpart\">\n<div class=\"rcmBody\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation said yesterday that the decision by the APC not to participate in the presidential debate being organized by the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) is simply to shield from Nigerians and the international audience its candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s intellectual laziness and inability to constructively engage contemporary national issues in a live television and radio debate.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Director of Media and Publicity of the Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode stated that the APC knows that General Buhari will flunk it if he is subjected to the rigours of debate on issues of national governance and development.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Fani-Kayode said he was aware that the APC had already expressed its concerns, when approached by an international news channel for a debate, about the intellectual acumen of General Buhari, and had assured the news channel that it was only comfortable with its vice presidential candidate, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, who has capacity to feature brilliantly on the programme.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to Fani-Kayode, \u201cWe have just read a report in the media credited to the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation that the party would not allow its candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, to participate in the radio and television presidential debate organized by the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Excerpt<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe APC accused the organisers of the debate of unhidden bias and campaign of calumny by some key organisers of the programme against the corporate political interest of the party and its candidates.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWhilst we will not bother ourselves with the many reasons adduced by the APC, we wish to state that we see the APC decision as an attempt to shield its presidential candidate from displaying his intellectual laziness and inability to constructively engage contemporary national issues in a live television and radio debate.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe had envisaged that the APC would be reluctant to expose General Buhari to the rigours of a live television debate because the opposition party knows that its candidate will flunk it.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIf the APC truly believes that it is \u2018a party of progressive intellectuals\u2019,\u00a0 as it claims it should allow General Buhari to prove that at the debate.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cShould the APC fail to participate in the debate, it would also show the disdain both the party and its candidate have for the Nigerian people, denying them the opportunity to make informed choices on the basis of what each candidate will articulate as propositions on issues that will be raised.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe are convinced that General Buhari does not have what it takes to sustain a coherent argument on germane issues of governance and development.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe challenge General Buhari to a debate on any national and international medium of mass communication and our candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan will be ready to participate.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cOn the other hand, President Jonathan\u2019s running mate, Vice President Namadi Sambo, is also ready to participate in the debate and any other debate.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cOur presidential candidate and his running mate will not raise flimsy and escapist excuses such as \u201cunhidden bias\u201d and the like, since we believe that they are well-rounded intellectuals who have been prepared by their experience in office to answer any question under the sun on the governance of our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Signed<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Chief Femi Fani-Kayode<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Director of Media and Publicity<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"message\" class=\"statusbar\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content 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