The action according to a circular signed by the Deputy Director of Information ATTAH ESA, on behalf of the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, FEMI ADESINA, was to help maintain social distancing.
According to the circular titled, COVID-19: Downward review of Correspondents presence in the Presidential Villa,has all the names of government media House and only one reporter from the mainstream print media.
Accordingly, only the under listed correspondents are to enter the Villa for media coverage of any event beginning from tomorrow, March 25, 2020 until further notice as the Covid-19 incidence will dictate.
The circular advice those who are not represented in the above list to liaise with those listed for necessary information and news as well as the Information Officers in the President’s Media Office during the interim arrangement.