{"id":38276,"date":"2015-04-30T17:23:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T16:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=38276"},"modified":"2015-04-30T17:23:34","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T16:23:34","slug":"i-didnt-bar-ait-my-aides-did-says-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/i-didnt-bar-ait-my-aides-did-says-buhari\/","title":{"rendered":"I didn\u2019t bar AIT, my aides did, says Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1430409095849_6009\" class=\"base-card-body\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1430409095849_6006\" class=\"msg-body inner  undoreset\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1430409095849_6008\" class=\"email-wrapped\">\n<div id=\"yiv1683436718\">\n<ol>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The president-elect of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, said he was neither consulted nor informed of the ban imposed on AIT from covering his activities, by his aides.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\">He stated this today, adding that he got to hear about it after the public uproar it generated.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\">But curiously this contradicts his spokesman. Garba Shehu who said earlier &#8221; AIT has been asked to stay aside based on security and family concerns. In addition, Buhari has decided that they will have to resolve some issues relating to issues of standard and ethics.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1430409095849_6048\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cWe will be talking with them to try and resolve the matter, but for now the station has been asked to stay aside, because like I said there are some family and security concerns. They have been asked to step down their coverage until we resolve the matter with them on ethics and standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1430409095849_6007\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\">To avoid such incidents in the future, Buhari has instructed all his staff, including the personnel attached directly to him, to steer clear of all dealings with the media, and leave all media affairs to his official media team.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\">In a statement released in Abuja on Wednesday, April 29, by Directorate of Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, General Buhari aligned himself with the pronouncement of his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC which had earlier expressed disagreement with the temporary barring of the African Independent Television (AIT) from covering his media affairs.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cI would like everyone to henceforth stay within his\/her defined area of responsibility,\u201d General Buhari said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The president-elect added that his media team should be left to deal with their media colleagues as they best knew how.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThe time of CHANGE has come,\u201d he said, \u201cand we must avoid making the same mistakes that the outgoing government made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\">PM News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"base-card-clear\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president-elect of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, said he was neither consulted nor informed of the ban imposed on AIT from covering his activities, by his aides. 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