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Media and socio-economic development in northern Nigeria (IV)

Thursday, 26 January 2012 19:04 administrator

By Umaru A. Pate

Consequently, the content of their programmes are hardly reflective of the multiple cultures in their areas of operation. They cannot afford to produce programmes and broadcast regular news in every language or culture. Even where they attempt to do so at enormous cost, the reach of their signals is mostly restricted to the state capitals and probably adjoining LGAs. This is a challenge that ought to be addressed by the respective governments for the broadcast stations to be able to effectively respond to the needs of the communities of the zone and by extension help the governments deliver the dividends of democracy to the electorates.

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Media and socio-economic development in northern Nigeria (III)

Wednesday, 25 January 2012 23:24 administrator

By Umaru A. Pate

The poor record of the North in maternal health has also qualified it as one of the leading non hospitable areas on earth for pregnant women. The statistics are shockingly worrying. Average maternal mortality ratio (MMR) figures are 800 to over 1000 for every 100,000 live births with a life time risk of 1:14-16 (NPC, 2007).

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Media and socio-economic development in northern Nigeria (II)

Tuesday, 24 January 2012 23:10 administrator

By Umaru A. Pate

ENABLING ENVIRONMENT:
It may be difficult to experience new realities without addressing the essential ingredients that will create the enabling environment for the implementation of the agendas and also harnessing the unbounded creative potentials of the communities which are necessary for creation and sustenance of the new realities. We have to address the psychological,

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Media and socio-economic development in northern Nigeria (I)

Monday, 23 January 2012 23:25 administrator

By Umaru A. Pate

Without doubt, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has come a long way in its contributions to the unity, welfare and development of quality professionals in the country’s media industry. In its years of existence, it has positively affected many distinguished professionals who have made and are still making their marks in and out of the country. The Union is expected, like any other professionally inclined body, to safeguard the welfare of its members, uphold the standard and credibility of Journalism and ensure quality in performance to remain relevant among its clients and indeed the whole nation. The Union has a duty to reposition its members to competently drive the Nigerian media industry in the 21st century and make it stand shoulder to shoulder with its contemporaries in other parts of the world.

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