A coalition of civil society groups supported by USAID has held a townhall meeting and election debate for aspiring legislators in the nation’s capital.
The forum afforded the candidates of various political parties the opportunity to interface with the citizens.
Candidates of various registered political parties are brought face to face with would-be voters in the FCT.
This townhall meeting is put together under Validating the Office of the Electorate on Representation, VOTER.
It underscores the place of Citizens of voting age as a critical factor in the election chain.
With the ground rules set, the Senatorial and House of Representatives’ candidates for the FCT from across the political parties, field questions from the debate panel.-
The candidates provide responses on issues ranging from the unending fuel crisis, oil subsidy, socio-justice for FCT indigenes, plight of persons with disabilities, to Women and Youth Empowerment issues.
But the absence of serving members of the National Assembly including Senator Phillip Aduda, didn’t go down well with the participants.
Senator Philip Tanimu Aduda who is a long term member of the National Assembly who has represented the FCT in the Senate in the last 12 years and his absence from the townhall even if Others came with panache and display a grasp of what is needed will be viewed by organisers as a major drawback.
The maiden townhall meeting has been able to put aspiring legislators in the Federal Capital Territory on the spot and right before the voters, whose office is believed to be greater than that of the President.
Expectation are that this interface will play a determinant role on who and who wins aby of the three National Assembly seats in the FCT.
The Federal Capital Territory has one Senator representing it in the National Assembly with 3 House of Representatives and 6 area Councils and Legislative arms.
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