SERAP URGES PRESIDENT TINUBU TO REVERSE BAN ON JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA HOUSES.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project SERAP has advised President Bola Tinubu to use his good offices and leadership position to immediately reverse the unlawful ban on 25 journalists and media houses from covering the presidential villa and restore the accreditation of those affected.

The Group in a letter dated 26 August 2023, signed by its Deputy Director, Kolawale Oluwadare advised Tinubu to publicly instruct the officials in the presidential villa to allow journalists and media houses to freely do their job and discharge their constitutional duty of holding those in power to account.

Serap claimed the Federal Government recently withdrew the accreditation of some 25 journalists from covering activities at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, including those from the Vanguard; Galaxy TV; Ben TV; MITV; ITV Abuja; PromptNews; ONTV, and Liberty