CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
It is necessary to glorify the minds
that made ventures to the establishment of media. Media as a watch dog
and the mirror of the nation perform crucial roles in the society media
educate entertain analyses interpret ,motivate, create avenue, to
failure and to success. Media as well monitor evaluate and correct al
wrong activities concerning human existence. It executive and
recommends, encodes and decodes and ensure feedback etc.
Media is metaphoric when we termed it to
be a watchdog of eh nation and as well the mirror through which the
nation see and recognize itself. it is the importance of the media that
place it to that position in that somebody cannot just get up and
started printing or criticizing a nation or society without having in
mind any channel of dissemination of his information whether good or bad
informational concern sense to the target audience . It is therefore
at this junction that journalist uses media aid to bring the nation what
their society is like and how their government is like and how good or
bad the personalities involved are like, then it is through this means
that they will know what the are and how their activities moves whether
it encourages the audience or discourage them.
It was through this mirror media the
news that exposed the forgery certificate of Alhaja Salisis Buhari which
he did at the University of Toronto Canada . the made president
Obasanjo after taken over the government to launch crusade that will
redress what he saw in the mirror . this made Alhaja Salisu Buhari to be
brought down from his position of speaker of house representative
The media educate the ignorant it
teaches them from known to unknown without it was when media publishes
or air what people know that they will analyze was through media that
people get to know what brought about the removal of Evans Ewerem from
the position of senate president because of his falsification of age.
The Nigerian media therefore exposes them, he evil operator of their
evil deed and drag them down from the success to failure through
mentoring of their movement and activities and evaluating and
correcting their wrongs by disseminating it on air and preparing the
audience to feedback recommending to the government the punishment that
the deserve for the issue of awareness to be accomplished.
Furthermore, in Nigeria society, the
role of broadcasters and the broadcast media, as agents of rural and
motional development,, especially at the information dissemination,
watchdog level, is now generally recognized and accepted by experts and
policy maker alike. Also, a critical appraisal of the socio-economic
development of he people of he world indicates that the sits a spectrum
of levels of development of he people of the among he nation stake and
that within a given country there also exist a spectrum of levels
affluence poverty
Importantly he development spectrum of
the nations is demonstrably corrected with the amount of natural
resources, indigenous technology and political stability whereas the
affluence or poverty of individual within a nation, may be corrected
with family background, ethnic origin, educational statement etc.
depending on the character of the nation in question. Nigeria as a
typical developing country to day has a citizenry with a multiplicity of
ethnic groups, language, dialects, rural patterns, religious beliefs,
and traditional institutes that lend to defy the best of intonations
internal integration and development. usually only a small percentage of
the people are literate in nay language, indigenous or foreign.
Meanwhile, the national government the
enlightened segments of the society are aware of the need for wide
spread education for both children and adults in order to achieve
prescribed goals in economic growth, health care, political and special
awareness, political stability, self reliance and nation identify, among
other things for national development.
From the above points, broadcaster media
is a powerful and effective instrument for achieving these national
goals, it has been recognized all over the world and in Nigeria in
particular as the role of broadcast media. In national development
according to ADSDI, Uyo in the book the mass media and social change, he
identified the functions performed by the media of mass communication
especially broadcast media as , information, education, entertainment,
persuasion which he referred to fondly as the media pile- an acronym
derived from the four basic function,
Therefore this study is an attempt to
discover how media as an instrument for eradicating corruption of
Obasanjo’s anti—corruption crusade. A case study of NTA.
Since assuming office in May, 1999
president Olusegun Obasanjo has never hidden his intention to fight
corruption which has permitted the social fabric of Nigeria from the top
to bottom.
In order to raise that goal, he set up
the independent corrupt practices and other related offences commission,
otherwise known as the ICPC, handed by justice Mustapha Akanbi, a
retired judge of the court of appeal. But since then, the commission has
remained a came dulk and toothless building until recently. In what
observes sees a departure from the past and a renew vigor in the
anti-graft campaign the ICPC in early December imitated the arrest of
prominent politicians and former government officials. In one fell SWOAP
a serving of corrupt was fired over allegations of corrupt practices.
not only was former minister of labour and productively, Alhaji Hassani
Akwanga sacked he was later arrested by security agencies for
involvement in a $214m scan in the Jinx national identity card schema
being handled by the minister of internal affairs. He was permanent
secretary of that ministry before retiring and being appointed a
minister.
The ICPC is currently prosecuting about
sixty-two persons for various offense, these include politicians,
judges, academic and members of the commission is said to have received
over 942 petitions since inception out of which about 400 are still
being investigated,. Firstly ,in view of this study.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM
The problem of study is the effect of
the media and instrument for eradicating corruption. A case study of
Nigeria television authority inform of Obasanjo anti-corruption crusade.
Opinion of the researcher to see if there is any significant effect on
media being a powerful instrument to Obsanjo’s crusade against
corruption. Truly, the has been series of struggle to attain this
objective’s
Similarly, the legal philosophers and
various notions of the nature, meaning and scope of corruption. Today
the struggle to bring to the public the notification of their freedom
from corruption by the media had been respected attempt done by the
media for its is the obligation of he media to carry out government
opinions, translate it and analyze it to layman’s understanding.
Today, it is a mater of a national and
internal affairs or concern in that that the rule of law has no meaning
as some government as some government in African countries are
dictatorial in nature and operate above the law, thereby something or
action that above he law of its laud is a problem and that is the
statement of problem of corruption and Obsanjo crusade against
instrument to enforce awareness and motivates actions which was achieve a
last.
For instance late Abacha chose Bariabas
Jabilla (Nick names Roger) as his killer squad leader who carryout a lot
of assassination for him therefore instead of investing money on
development be rather used the money to send segment Rogers to North
Kores to learn self defense and assassination and as well was given
asset to presidential jet and many carts of which was announced that
Tell magazine describe his appearance as lefty bearded Rogers who always
poses a deceptive look with his athletic physique and cherubic face who
usually decked in a special black Arab captain when on a mission to
kill, al enemy of evil like assassination of Kurdurat Abiloa late and
other simply because of the interview grange to her by the British
broadcasting separation where she exposed late Abacha she was killed
because she vowed to fight Abachs’s corruption to the last. She was
killed her husband Abiloa late won a free and fair election which was
announced on June 12.
Problem are imminent in very aspect of
human edeavour. As scholars researcher student are know that the Nigeria
nation as Bedeviled with so much corruption which has hitherto been a
constraint to national development. A category of corruption in
synomious with Militaries, politicians, some are caused by employer
government agencies, the common men, leader of thought the youths, the
aged ad these are the component that make up the federation. A sample of
corruption which this work tends to address is crime, drug abuse,
juvenile delinquency, cultism, bribery and disobediences.
Therefore, in a situation like this, as
the powerful instrument for reradicating corruption is at work but
suffers in that there is no freedom of media activates yet that does not
stop the media from motivation and action, through some personnel lost
their lives in the process a good example is late Giwa founder of
Newswatch, who was assassinated.
1.3 OBJECTIVES FO THE STUDY
The researcher intends at the end of
this work to provide a lading solution of the problem of corruption in
Nigeria. It also intends to asses the Obasanjo anti-corruption crusade
to tell the public how far it has gone in trying to eradicating
corruption in the society it also tends to form a frame work or basis
for further research as far as corruption in concerned in Nigeria.
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The research work will go a long way toward using the media to address the issue of corruption practices in Nigeria.
We must not fail to welcome the
constitution democracy, be it as benevolent ad it may be a military
regime still, falls short of the mark. It is a government that owes its
origin and authority to sheer force and not to the people. we would
like to have a government that will owe its origin and authority to the
people and as well as give its accountability to the people and have an
air of change in mind when he did not account to his people fine
otherwise was promised by president Olusegun Obasanjo on the day of the
launching on 9th September, 1999 at Bayalsa state in yewe
gua, he promised to be cooperation with the staff and to work towards
the upliftement of he standard of living of the people manifestoes.
With that will be reduced and media will perform its roles effectively
without hindrances
1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
- Do media aid anti-corruption crusade
- To extent does anti-corruption crusade help to sustain Nigeria democratic growth?
- To what extent ahs the ant-corruption crusade helped in eradicating corruption
- To what extent had NTA gone about the anti- corruption crusade?
1.6 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
Hi: The media aid anti-corruption crusade
Ho: The media do not aid anti-corruption crusade
H2: Anti-corruption crusade help to a great extent in sustaining democracy in Nigeria
Ho: Anti-corruption crusade does not in any way help to a great extent in sustaining democracy in Nigeria
H3: Corruption poses serious problem to democratic growth in Nigeria.
Ho: Corruption does not poses serious problem to democratic growth in Nigeria.
H4: The anti-corruption crusade has to a great extent helped in ridding Nigeria of corrupt leaders
Ho: The anti-corruption crusade has not in anyway helped in ridding Nigeria of corrupt leaders
H5: NTA has been an affective instrument in the anti corruption crusade
Ho: NTA has not been an affective instrument in the anti corruption crusade
1.7 CONCEPTUAL AND OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS
In order to made far adequate clarity of
purpose and presentation, such words will be defined in this section in
accordance with the usage That will be made of them. In dong so the
author hope to present an ideal aid towards the effective understanding
of the day set up. Such worlds explained include
Appraisal
Appraisal is the act of appraising valuation, especially official valuation
Eradication
Is the process of pulling up by the root or destroy thoroughly media
Media is usually with sign, mass
communication examples are television, radio. Media is a medium of
exchange of idea is it a channel by which messages or information and
decoded to the final audience.
Corruption
Corruption as has been reviewed by
oxford advanced learns dictionary of current English as an immoral
actions depraved ailment dishonest through offering and accepting bribes
impure through bloody practices debased by errors or alternation
falsifying of age, embezzlement of or illegal passion of equitation of
wealth
1.8 ASSUMPTION
In following the investigation, the
researcher made the following assumption NTA Enugu is very active in
championing anti- corruption crusade of government to its staff.
NTA carries programme aimd to create
awareness to the public on the need for sanity in public office among
political office holder.
This study will serve as platform for future researcher in this area
1.9 LIMITATION OF STUDY
In the course of this writing a lot of
problems were encountered as in adequate material. Easy assess to
materials for this work becomes difficult even in the school library,
the ones been could not bring the demand of he study in the course of
this, I had to travel far in obtaining materials that make this writing a
reality.