Election BanterBanter. Debate. Bring receipts.
Election BanterBanter. Debate. Bring receipts.ELECTION EDITION 2027

Election Banter · ELECTION 2027

Election BanterThey want the job. Let’s check the CV.

One question. Every contender. Show the receipts. Explore sourced records and proposals, join a moderated discussion and take part in clearly labelled community polls.

Check the CVs Join the conversation

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Presidential election2027-01-16Calendar source

Editorial checkpoint2026-10-20Sources carry their own review dates.

The house ruleSame questions. Visible sources.Records, promises and disputed claims stay distinct.

01 / CHECK THE CV

Put the evidence side by side.

Choose two contenders and one question. An empty record means we have not added a reviewed source for that topic.

What would you change in your first 100 days, what would it cost, and how could the public check progress?

Jobs & cost of living: the same questions for both contenders

Photo: Mohamed Nanabhay · CC BY 2.0 · 2016 · cropped and resized ↗ · License ↗

THE EVIDENCE
The same lens
Portrait pendingAARufai Adekunle Omo-Aje
Omoyele Sowore, photograph from 2016AACOmoyele Sowore
Party & listingAA

Published list

Listing source 		AAC

Published list

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Documented record

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No reviewed record added for this topic.

Published proposal

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No reviewed record added for this topic.

Disputed claim

No reviewed record added for this topic.

No reviewed record added for this topic.

Portrait pending

Party & listing

AA · Published list

Listing source

Documented record

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Published proposal

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Disputed claim

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Contenders are listed alphabetically by party. No candidate scores, predictions or AI rankings.

02 / WHO’S IN THE CONVERSATION?

The contenders.

Aspirant and published-list status are labelled separately. Inclusion is not an endorsement; refer to the linked source for its date and scope.

18 contenders in the directory.

03 / YOU HAVE THE FLOOR

Ask better. Discuss better.

You have 30 seconds with the next president. What should they answer? Challenge an argument. Bring a source. Keep people out of the firing line.

QUESTION FOR THE ROOM

What would you change in your first 100 days, what would it cost, and how could the public check progress?

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04 / A SNAPSHOT OF THIS COMMUNITY

Where do you stand?

This is a self-selected website poll. It is not an INEC vote, a representative survey or an election prediction.

What should every presidential contender explain first?

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05 / FROM THE EDITORIAL DESK

Bring receipts. Make your point.

Read the context behind the comparison. Every published briefing carries its sources and has passed editorial approval.

Bring receipts. Make your point.

Republic Receipts 01: Records are not promises

REPUBLIC RECEIPTS 01 — Records are not promises.
A first reading of the reviewed comparison library, not a ranking or endorsement. A documented action, a campaign proposal and an independently verified outcome are different things. Historical plans below are labelled by their original period.

Bola Ahmed Tinubu · Leadership record · Documented record
Legislative action: the State House reported that Tinubu signed the Student Loan Bill on 12 June 2023. This records the original signing; it does not establish current loan rules, uptake or outcomes.

Peter Gregory Obi · Electricity · Published proposal
Historical 2023 campaign proposal: the Obi/Baba-Ahmed manifesto proposed restructuring the Transmission Company of Nigeria and contracting an experienced grid operator under performance guarantees. It is a policy proposal in the 2023 document, not evidence of implementation or a fresh 2027 commitment.

Atiku Abubakar · Jobs & cost of living · Published proposal
Historical 2023 campaign proposal: Atiku's abridged Five-Point Development Agenda proposed increasing the MSME funding window from N200 billion to N500 billion and simplifying business formalisation and tax filing. This archived 2022 document is not a verified result or a confirmed 2027 manifesto.

Makinde Oluseyi Abiodun · Safety & everyday journeys · Documented record
Government-reported output: Makinde's 3 June 2021 commissioning speech records reconstruction of the 65 km Moniya-Ijaiye-Iseyin Road. It documents the reported road project; it does not independently establish its wider economic effects or present condition.

Adebayo Adewole Ebenezer · Electricity · Published proposal
In his published 2027–2031 blueprint, Adebayo proposes a National Distributed Electricity Initiative and a Bank of Electricity to finance mini-grids and embedded generation over four years. This is a campaign proposal; delivery is not established by the manifesto.

Donald Duke · Jobs & cost of living · Documented record
Documented initiative with later context: Cross River's government identifies Duke as Tinapa's founder and dates its first-phase opening to 2 April 2007. Its report also records AMCON's 2013 takeover of management and N18.5 billion in debt, followed by state recovery in 2025; opening alone does not prove lasting economic success.

Coverage note: These are selected examples. The comparison library has 26 reviewed entries. An empty comparison cell means evidence has not been added, not that a candidate has achieved nothing.
Profiles still awaiting reviewed record/proposal entries: Abbas-Bin Aliyu; Yusuf Kabiru; Adebisi Moses Olusoji; Okereke Sunday Chibuzo; Okereke Nkem Esther; Agada Peter Ada.
Ask the same question of every contender. Open the linked sources, check their dates and send a sourced correction through the moderated debate. Community polls here are informal participation, not official votes or a prediction.

Editorial briefing · Republic Receipts · evidence digest

OPEN THE RECEIPTS

READ WITH THE RECEIPTS

The evidence stays in the room.

Published records, campaign promises and disputed claims use distinct labels. We do not infer achievements from missing data. Candidates are shown under the same topics; a missing source is shown as a gap for review.

Sources and review dates

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