Accredited media, AIT free to cover President-elect’s activities – APC

The All Progressives Congress has said all accredited media organisations in the country, including the African Independent Television, are free to cover the activities of the President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.).In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the incoming Buhari administration would not discriminate against any media organisation, irrespective of its role during the electioneering leading up to the recent polls.It however enjoined all media organisations to observe the highest level of professional standards in carrying out their duties.APC said, ”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 organisations which have wantonlybreached 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 organisation from covering the activities of thePresident-elect.”