These are not ordinary times in Nigeria. A general election is just by the bend. Soothsayers are making brisk business, predicting largely contradictory outcomes of the polls. Amorphous political entities, masquerading as pollsters have also joined in the fray of rolling out unscientific forecasts. Wherever two or three are gathered, in homes, village squares or…
It listed the presidential candidates invited for the parley as Bola Tinubu (APC), Atiku Abubakar (PDP), Peter Obi (LP), Omoyele Sowore (AAC), Kolawole Abiola (PRP), Rabiu Kwankwaso (NNPP) and Adewole Adebayo (SDP).
South-West Development Stakeholders Forum (SWDSF) has disclosed its plans to hold an interactive series for candidates for the 2023 presidential election. This was stated in a press statement issued by the group’s spokesman, Alhaji Olalekan Ajia on Monday. The forum comprising civil society organisations, professionals and religious leaders disclosed this after its meeting. The group said the parley with presidential candidates of major political parties is slated for January 17 and 18, 2022 in Ibadan, Oyo State.
A sufficiently-lettered and astute business titan who sits on the board of many companies and major private sector player yet not given to entitlement, Abiola's decision to get into the political fray was a surprise of sorts