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All ‘Accredited’ Media Houses Are Free To Cover General Buhari – APC

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The All Progressive Congress (APC), through their National Publicity Secretary Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in an issued statement in Abuja said that the incoming administration would not discriminate against any accredited media organisation including the African Independent Television (AIT).

This statement came following reports in the media that the President-elect had barred AIT from reporting his activities due to their defaming documentaries to his person during the campaign period. The APC has said that all accredited media organizations, including AIT, are free to cover the activities of the Buhari led administration regardless of their role in the electioneering process leading up to the elections.

The statement urged the media to adhere strictly to the rules of the practice of their profession.

It read “There is a Code of Ethics guiding the practice of journalism in Nigeria, and this demands every journalist to ensure a strict adherence to the highest levels of ethics and professionalism in carrying out their duties.
”There must be repercussions, within the realms of the law, for media organizations which have wantonly breached the Code of Ethics of the journalism profession and turned themselves to partisans instead of professionals. But such repercussions will not include barring any accredited media organization from covering the activities of the President-elect,” APC said.

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