Some Nigerians on Sunday asked the wife
of the President, Patience Jonathan, to make herself available for a debate
with Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka.
The call came on the heels of the
diatribe the First Lady launched against Soyinka in which she described the
renowned playwright as an “embarrassment’’ for attributing the crisis rocking
Rivers State to her and her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan.
But some Nigerians, who took to
Twitter and other social networks to voice their concern over the development,
called on a Lagos-based private broadcaster, Channels Television, to
organise a debate for the two.
According to them, the TV station’s Sunrise Daily, a news and
current affairs programme that features prominent Nigerians, who are experts in
their areas of specialisation, will provide a level playing ground for the duo
to thrash out the knotty issues they were arguing on.
To actualise their dreams, a cross
section of them sent messages in a tweet to the handle of the programme@sunrisedailynow as well as the main official handle of
the television station, @Channels_TV on Sunday.
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