Among other requirements, the controversial guidelines spelt out the number of journalists/correspondents to be accredited for print, electronic and online media for Senate and House of Representatives. It also listed a number of requirements for permanent accreditation which included circulation figures, functional Bureau in Abuja and income tax return.
The role of the National Assembly and the legislators in ensuring good governance in a democracy is crucial and its activities should be well covered in and out of session. As many major media organisations and those that specialize in reporting the legislative matters should be accredited. The requirements that media organizations applying for accreditation must have experience of covering proceedings of the National Assembly for at least two years before applying for permanent accreditation and that all online media must have at least 5,000 viewership per day, the site must have been in operation for five years and provide satisfactory evidence to this effect with clippings of the news utilized may also edge out particularly new media organisations.
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