Town hall meeting: 7 things you should know about the moderator, Kadaria Ahmed

Kadaria Ahmed was the moderator for the already concluded town hall meeting with presidential candidates.

In the build-up to the February 16 presidential election, she moderated the town hall meetings for presidential candidates and their deputies.

Kadaria Ahmed had also revealed at a point that the current Governor of Kaduna, Mallam El Rufai was her brother.

Below are some notable things about her according to Wiki…

1. Kadaria Ahmed had her Bachelor’s degree from Bayero University Kano.
2. She is a Chevening Scholar and has an M.A. in Television from Goldsmiths, University of London.
3. She started her career at the BBC where she was a senior producer working on award-winning programs, Focus on Africa and Network Africa.
4. Kadaria Ahmed has served as the editor of Next (Nigeria), an award-winning publication. The newspaper stopped publishing its print edition in September 2011.
5. She moderated the 2011 Nigeria’s presidential election debate on live television.
6. She co-created, produced and presented Straight Talk in 2014, an interview programme designed to probe and confront Nigeria’s decision-makers on matters of relevance.
7. In 2017, she launched a new show called The Core on Channels TV. In July 2017, she interviewed Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who made news by declaring it’s “Biafra or death”.