The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF),
Boss Mustapha, has warned security officials that journalists are exempted from
the nationwide curfew imposed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
There have been reported cases of journalists clashing with
policemen and other law enforcement agents over whether they are allowed to
move around from 8pm.
But Mustapha, who is also the chairman of the Presidential
Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, made it clear that the media is part of essential
services.
At PTF’s daily briefing on Wednesday, he highlighted the
role of journalists, making it clear that Buhari categorised journalists among
those who could move freely.
“Journalists are part of the essential service. Because,
whatever we do here, if you don’t report it, then the news item will not get
out to the population.
“We will look at the issue that happened in Lagos; the
Minister of Information will take that up,” he said.
On medical professionals facing similar challenges, Mustapha
said: “We will look at that. If it is the release of the protocol that did not
consider that I believe that the national coordinator, who has the primary
responsibility of dealing with that, would take a look at it and see how best
to handle it.”
The curfew Buhari imposed from Monday, May 4 is from 8pm to
6am.
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