{"id":351007,"date":"2011-03-31T06:08:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T06:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/31\/candidate-jonathan-debates-himself-with-photos\/"},"modified":"2011-03-31T06:08:17","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T06:08:17","slug":"candidate-jonathan-debates-himself-with-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/candidate-jonathan-debates-himself-with-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidate Jonathan Debates Himself (With Photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"57.310756972112\">\n<p>                  \t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click for Full Image Size\" onclick=\"window.location='\/image_preview2.asp?img=VGhlLWxvbmUtZGViYXRlci5qcGc=';\" class=\"img1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/c058a3c8image.aspx_.jpg\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The lone debater<\/p>\n<p><!-- news_468x60 --><br \/>\n<br \/>Nigeria president holds 1-man &#8216;debate&#8217; on state TV-Associated Press (AP)<\/p>\n<p>LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) &#8211;Nigeria&#8217;s president has &#8220;debated&#8221; alone on state television after shunning two major presidential debates ahead of next month&#8217;s polls.<\/p>\n<p>President Goodluck Jonathan spoke alone in Wednesday&#8217;s television appearance. The moderator opened the session by saying only one participant would attend.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition candidates had said they would boycott the only debate Jonathan agreed to participate in.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan missed debates hosted by a private TV station and by a coalition of youth activist groups.<\/p>\n<p>He described himself as &#8220;one of the best friends of the media.&#8221; The only interview he has granted in recent months has been to a Nigerian pop star.<\/p>\n<p><b>Click the link below to go to &#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nigeriafilms.com\/news\/10999\/14\/dbanj-interviews-president-goodluck-jonathan.html\">D&#8217;Banj interviews president Goodluck Jonathan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click for Full Image Size\" onclick=\"window.location='\/image_preview2.asp?img=Sm9uYXRoYW4tbWVldHMtd2l0aC1ORURHLW9yZ2FuaXplcnMuanBn';\" class=\"img1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/d5b7ae4cimage.aspx_.jpg\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jonathan meets with NEDG organizers<\/p>\n<p>              <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click for Full Image Size\" onclick=\"window.location='\/image_preview2.asp?img=R29vZGx1Y2stSm9uYXRoYW4tYXQtYS0xLW1hbi1kZWJhdGUuanBn';\" class=\"img1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/dce39b10image.aspx_.jpg\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Goodluck Jonathan at a 1-man debate<\/p>\n<p>              <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click for Full Image Size\" onclick=\"window.location='\/image_preview2.asp?img=RmVkZXJhbC1nb3Zlcm5tZW50LW9mZmljaWFscy1wYXJ0eS1vcGVyYXRpdmVzLWFuZC1tZW1iZXJzLW9mLXRoZS1hdWRpZW5jZS5qcGc=';\" class=\"img1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/c0181fc7image.aspx_.jpg\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Federal government officials, party operatives and members of the audience<\/p>\n<p>              <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click for Full Image Size\" onclick=\"window.location='\/image_preview2.asp?img=U2NyZWVuc2hvdC1vZi10aGUtSm9uYXRoYW4tRGViYXRlLmpwZw==';\" class=\"img1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3ec9ba07image.aspx_.jpg\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Screenshot of the Jonathan Debate<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <span>Do you have a story\/gist for publication? Please email it to story@nigeriafilms.com   <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/c058a3c8image.aspx_-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nigeriafilms.com\/news\/11145\/14\/candidate-jonathan-debates-himself-with-photos.html\" title=\"Candidate Jonathan Debates Himself (With Photos)\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Candidate Jonathan Debates Himself (With Photos)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The lone debater Nigeria president holds 1-man &#8216;debate&#8217; on state TV-Associated Press (AP) LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) &#8211;Nigeria&#8217;s president has &#8220;debated&#8221; alone on state television after shunning two major presidential debates ahead of next month&#8217;s polls. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-351007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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