The Nigerian National Assembly
has released stringent guidelines for fresh accreditation.
This is coming barely two weeks
to the inauguration of the 9th National Assembly.
In a guideline released by the
management on Monday and signed by the Director of Information, Mr. Emmanuel
Rawlings Agada, the NASS requested for fresh application letter from
journalists intending to cover the plenary.
The management among other
things, requested for evidence of Income tax return from media organisations as
a prerequisite for accreditation.
The guideline also stimulated
that media houses would only be entitled to one accreditation for both chambers
except for those that require a photographer or videographer.
For the online media, the
management said it would only accredit those who have up to 5000 viewers or hit
per day, those who are up to 5 years in existence and those whose staffers in
Abuja are up to 5.
It also classified accreditation
of journalists into permanent, temporary, foreign/international media and
Freelancers with proof of membership of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and
National Library registration as criteria.
Read below the guidelines as
obtained by our correspondent:
NEW GUIDELINES FOR THE
ACCREDITATION OF MEDIA ORGANISATIONS, JOURNALISTS/ CORRESPONDENTS COVERING THE
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
1.0 Number of
journalists/correspondents to be accredited for prints, electronic and online
media for Senate and House of Representatives respectively.
1.1 Television – 1 Reporter and 1
Cameraman
1.2 Radio 1 Reporter
1.3 Independent Producers – 1
Reporter and 1 Cameramen
1.4 Online Media 1 Reporter and 1
Photographer
CLASSIFICATION OF ACCREDITATION
2.1 Permanent Accreditation 2.2
Temporary Accreditation
2.3 Foreign/lnternational Media
Houses 2.4 Freelance
3.0 REQUIREMENT FOR PERMANENT
ACCREDITATION OF JOURNALISTS/CORRESPONDENTS FOR PRINT, ELECTRONIC AND ONLINE
MEDIA ORGANISATIONS
3.1 Evidence of certificate of
incorporation of the media organisation.
3.2 Evidence of membership of
professional bodies for media organization.
3.3 Proof of membership of
Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) with registration number.
3.4 Code of certification from
the National Library for the media organization.
3.5 Functional Bureau in Abuja
(Staff Strength not less than 5 Editorial staff and daily circulation of 40,000
copies for the print media with evidence to support the claimed circulation
figure.
3.6 Media Houses must be
publishing daily and on weekend (Applicable to Online Media).
3.7 Re-certification form must be
signed and endorsed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Media
organization Bureau Chief, City Editor as the case may be.
3.8 The Media organization
concerned must have experience of covering proceedings of the National Assembly
for at least two (2) years before applying for permanent accreditation.
3.9 All media organization will
submit a copy of its income tax return for the last two years.
3.10 All online media must have
at least 5000 viewership per day, the site must have been in operation for 5
years and provide satisfactory evidence to this effect with clippings of the
news utilized (especially parliamentary news).
3.11 Only television stations
with national coverage and specific independent producers with current running
programme on the National Assembly will be allowed access into the Chambers on
a permanent basis (All the production crew will be accredited as entity).
3.12 All correspondents must
attach photocopy of letter of appointment of the media organization on whose
behalf request has been received for grant of accreditation.
3.13 All freelance journalist
seeking permanent accreditation must show evidence of not less than 5 years
coverage of the National Assembly proceedings/full editorial focus and
publication on parliamentary reportage.
4.0 It is only Journalists and
correspondence whose media organisations meet the above requirements for
Permanent accreditation that will be entitled to carry National Assembly
Identity Card/Membership of the respective Press Corp
5.0 All other media organization
who do not meet the above requirement will be captured under the Temporary
accreditation status and they will not be entitled to carry National Assembly
Identity Card/Membership of the Press Corp of the Senate and House of
Representatives.
6.0 All Temporary accredited
media houses, journalists/correspondents shall be allowed permit into the
National Assembly for specific coverage not exceeding one (1) week in the first
instance and not more than twice in a month.
7.0 All foreign/international
media houses seeking accreditation shall abide by all the Diplomatic Protocols
established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for foreign media organizations,
the Code of Ethics for Nigerian Journalists and security clearance before
accreditation will be considered upon the recommendation from the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
8.0 All permanently accredited
journalists/correspondents shall submit recertification letter from the Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of their media organization on a sessional basis
failure to which accreditation shall be withdrawn forthwith.
9.0 All accredited media
organization will be considered as a single entity in the issuance of passes
irrespective of their membership of Senate and House of Representatives Press
Corp.
10.0 This new accreditation
guidelines shall come into effect from June 11 2019.
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