APC just released a statement saying
all accredited media, including AIT, are free to cover President-elect’s
activities. Read below...
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.
It however 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,” APC said.
Alhaji Lai Mohammed
National Publicity Secretary
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Abuja, April 28th 2015
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