{"id":173024,"date":"2022-04-06T14:27:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T13:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=173024"},"modified":"2022-04-06T14:27:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T13:27:37","slug":"fashola-explains-how-he-used-election-debates-to-sell-himself-in-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/06\/fashola-explains-how-he-used-election-debates-to-sell-himself-in-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashola explains how he used election debates to sell himself in 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola has stated that candidates for political offices should use debates to connect with Nigerians and sell their ideas.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated on Tuesday by Fashola at the<span class=\"s1\">\u00a012th anniversary symposium of <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Enough is Enough (EiE) Nigeria, a civil society organisation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The theme of the symposium was \u2018On Debates and Democracy\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Speaking at the event, Fashola said he joined the governorship race in 2007 as a newbie but made himself known through debates against his opponents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The minister said debates are important for citizens to know what kind of candidate to vote for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He encouraged groups and stakeholders to compel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/03\/how-pdp-politicians-raided-nnpc-carted-away-20bn-presidency\/\">politicians<\/a> to participate in them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIn 2007, people didn\u2019t know who I was politically. People who knew me were the judges and the lawyers in the court, and they said where did you bring this candidate from. And it was clear to me that the only way I was going to connect to the people was during that debate,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cDebates should take place in places like university campuses where some of the debates take place in the US. I think labour groups, manufacturers groups, interest groups, can organise debates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIf there are candidates who seriously want to get the votes of those people, these are the platforms to speak to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIf a candidate persuades me at a debate, I\u2019d likely go out to vote for him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOn election day, what you\u2019re probably likely to see is a ballot paper with the signs, symbols, possibly the names of the candidates, but doesn\u2019t tell you what they do about your life, what they care about, how you feed them, doesn\u2019t tell you whether they are God-fearing, whether they have empathy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSo it is platforms like this that help you test ahead of making a choice, what kind of persons you are entrusting the most serious jobs either in your local government, your state or in your country. And that became very defining for me as a much younger person.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola has stated that candidates for political offices should use debates to connect with Nigerians and sell their ideas. This was stated on Tuesday by Fashola at the\u00a012th anniversary symposium of Enough is Enough (EiE) Nigeria, a civil society organisation. 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