The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has exonerated the leadership of the Eight Assembly the from moves to gag the press at the ninth National Assembly.
Management of the Assembly had on Monday, through the Director of Information, Agada Emmanuel, issued a memo asking all Journalists reporting the National Assembly to get fresh letters of recertification from their media organisations in line with the requirement of the new guidelines to facilitate the earliest reaccreditation process before the commencement of the 9th Assembly
According to Saraki in a statement on Tuesday by his Special Assistant, New Media, Olu Onemola, the leadership of the legislative arm is committed to the freedom of the press and promised to investigate the allegation promptly.
“These alleged guidelines have not emanated from either the Senate President or the Speaker and will be promptly investigated.
“The public should note that the 8th National Assembly has been committed to the freedom of the press as exemplified by its work to bring governance closer to the people through live streams and live tweets of its activities.”
