Bayelsa Debate: PDP Challenges APC Candidate,Lyon

– Bayelsa PDP said that its candidate not afraid to engage the people of the state in any debate

– PDP said: “Any debate that will have to do with the 2019 election, PDP will always be available because we want an issue-based campaign

– It is the choice of the other camp to make their candidate available. I am not challenging anybody

The Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has said that its candidate in the November 16 Governorship election, Senator Douye Diri, was not afraid to engage the people of the state in any debate.

The Director-General, Diri Campaign Organisation, Dr. Nimibofa Ayawei,who made this known to newsmen in Yanagoa, said that the PDP candidate was ready to face with the All Progressives congress(APC) candidate in the debate.

He said: “Any debate that will have to do with the 2019 election, PDP will always be available because we want an issue-based campaign.

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“It is the choice of the other camp to make their candidate available. I am not challenging anybody. For us, we want to always interact with Bayelsans.”

The organizer of the debate, the international foundation, Push Africa Foundation (PAF), said that it scheduled a debate for the major parties’ candidates ahead of the Governorship election.

PAF’s Country Director, Egberamen Doris, described the debate as an important landmark in the state’s democratic journey, saying it would deepen democracy and the growing maturity of Governance and politics in the state.

She said: “We have mobilised a Bayelsa State Elections Debate Group (BED-G). This group is a coalition of broadcast organisations, NGOs, civil societies and faith-based organisations as well as professional groups, who are committed to deepening democracy and entrenching an enduring democratic culture through organised public/media debates.

“We are proposing that this should be a continued culture for the people of Bayelsa State.”