APC OVERRULES BUHARI ON BARRING AIT FROM COVERING HIS ACTIVITIES AS PRESIDENT-ELECT

''ALL ACCREDITED MEDIA, INCLUDING AIT, FREE TO
COVER PRESIDENT-ELECT’S ACTIVITIES- APC''

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that
all accredited media organizations in the country,
including the African Independent Television (AIT),
are free to cover the activities of the President-
elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its
National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
the party said the incoming Buhari Administration
will not discriminate against any media
organization, irrespective of its role during the
electioneering campaign leading up to the recent
polls.
However,it enjoined all media organizations to
observe the highest level of professional standards
in carrying out their duties.
"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”, said APC.
Alhaji Lai Mohammed
National Publicity Secretary
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Abuja, April 28th 2015