ABSTRACT

Corruption is the bane of Nigerian socio-economic development, which threatens the existence of Nigeria as a political entity. It is therefore imperative that all and sundry should engage in anti-corruption struggle. This paper examines the state of the country‟s TV broadcasting from the perspective of TV broadcasting practitioners. The survey method was employed for the study. Regardless of the efforts being made by various stakeholders in the TV broadcasting industry, it was discovered that the media was largely corrupt. Even though over 64 % of those sampled believed that acceptance of any form of gratifications was unethical, over 75 % of the TV broadcasting journalists engage in corrupt practices with impunity. More than half of the 18 TV broadcasting outfits covered by the study are indifferent to certain indentified corrupt practices in their organizations. To curb corruption, TV broadcasting should engage in sensitization programmes while conditions of service for TV broadcasting need to be considerably improved.

 

CHAPTER ONE
1.1                                                        INTRODUCTION
Corruption is a worldwide phenomenon and there is hardly any society without one form of corruption or the other.  Corrupt practices did not begin today; history is as old as the human race. The menace called corruption is a big problem in Nigeria. M.Watts (2008:47) affirms that “effects of corruption in the Nigerian society can not be overemphasized”. Corruption is indeed a cankerworm that has eaten deep into the fabric of Nigerian society.  It is a monster that all and sundry blame for the economic woes facing the country. This is because corruption is seen as one of the major impediments to the economic development of the nation. It is perhaps, the only reason why nothing seems to be working. In fact, corruption is threatening the existence of Nigeria as an entity.  Nearly every sphere of human endeavour is affected by corruption. And no profession is spared either.  Interestingly, successive governments pursued policies against corruption and it was the main reason why the military made incursions into politics.  Despite various policies adopted by governments, corruption is ever increasing in the country. Nigeria is said to have generated huger revenue during this current political dispensation than at other times of her history. This is so because of the rising price of crude oil in the international market since 1999. Akpeninor (2007:116) confirms that state governments‟ revenue has been increasing geometrically from June 1999. Unfortunately, huge receipts from crude oil have neither positively impacted on the lives of Nigerians nor provided the much needed infrastructural development. Paradoxically, huge revenue in the case of Nigeria does not translate to better development. Akpeninor (2007:116) cited a survey carried out by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) which shows that “impoverishment of Nigeria has vastly increased proportionately as revenue collected by the governors also immensely increased.   Nigeria today is a nation at crossroads, struggling against all forms of vices. The country‟s media practitioners had at one time struggled for the political emancipation of the country, at another time, the media fought for the unity of the nation during a devastating 30- month civil war. One of the major issues that should engage the attention of the media today is the anti-corruption war. There is therefore no gain saying the fact that all hands need to be on deck so that the anti-corruption war could be won.  How much Nigeria would succeed in the current battle depends largely on how effective the TV broadcasting would be. The TV broadcasting profession is expected to be above board so that journalists could confidently champion the anti-corruption campaign. Though some TV broadcasting outfits realized this demand and some efforts have been channeled towards this in recent times, it is pertinent to know how the corruption issue is being handled in most media organizations in Nigeria. The focus of this paper is therefore on the impact television broadcasting in the nation anti-corruption crusade.

1.2                                          STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
As a core social responsibility role and in recognition of the surveillance function, the TV broadcasting media, indeed television is required to amongst others, scan the environment and get the people informed of looming dangers. This as earlier established in this study can help in checking terrorist activities on the citizenry of the country. And Nigeria is currently facing grace security challenges spear headed by the Boko Haram terrorist sect that require urgent solution. The critical question is, have the Nigeria broadcast media, specifically television (in her quest to contribute to national security) effectively played the surveillance function? The above question forms the trust of this paper.

1.3                                              OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The specific objectives of this paper are:

1. To determined the extent to which the television program can help in checking and fighting in Nigeria
2. Find out whether the Nigerian broadcast media, specifically television have effectively played the surveillance function in their quest to check the activities of the terrorist sect.
3. To evaluate government and television broadcast partnership in curbing crime.

1.4                                           SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The following are the contribution of the study in terms of knowledge and benefit to the reader:

1. The study reveals the actual level of television broadcasting in fighting crime.
2. The study reveals how television can be used for fighting crime in Nigeria.

1.5                                                  RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1. To what extent can television broadcasting help in checking and controlling corruption in Nigeria?
2. Have the Nigerian broadcast media, specifically, television stations

effectively played their surveillance function in their quest to check corruption?
111. Have the Nigerian government effectively collaborated with television broadcast stations in the country to tame corruption?
1.6                                             THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK
Theories are maps of realities. This implies that they help to give explanations as to why things occur the way they do. To this end, this paper employs both the Agenda Setting and the Social Responsibility theories to give this paper a strong footing.
Agenda Setting Theory
The notion of agenda setting can be traced to Walter Lipmann in 1922. He suggested that the media were responsible for the “pictures in our heads”.
Forty years later, Cohen in 1963 articulated the ideas when he argued that the media may not always be successful in telling people what to think, but they are usually successful in telling them what to think about. Lang and Lang
in (Ogbuoshi, 2011p.32) reinforced this notion by saying that the mass media force attention to certain issues.
Core assumptions of Agenda Setting Theory, strength, relevance and weakness(Folarin, 1998 p.68) writes that the agenda setting implies that the mass media pre-determine what issues are regardedas salient at a given time of a given society.

1.7                                                  DEFINITION OF TERMS
In a study of this nature, the researcher may run the risk of operational terms in the work interpreted variously and in different perspective by the readers. Such non-uniformity in conceptualization affects the reader validity and reliability of the study. It is In view of this probability that this section is devoted for conceptual clarification. Hence in the conceptual and operational view, the following words were defined as below:
IMPACT: Measure of the tangible and intangible effects (consequences) of one thing's or entity's action or influence upon another.
CRIME: Harmful act or omission against the public which the State wishes to prevent and which, upon conviction, is punishable by fine, imprisonment, and/or death. No conduct constitutes a crime unless it is declared criminal in the laws of the country. Some crimes (such as theft or criminal damage) may also be civil wrongs (torts) for which the victim(s) may claim damages in compensation.
The notion that acts such as murder, rape and theft are to be prohibited exists worldwide. What precisely is a criminal offence is defined by criminal law of each country. While many have a catalogue of crimes called the criminal code, in some common law countries no such comprehensive statute exists.
INSECURITY: Insecurity is a feeling of uncertainty, a lack of confidence or anxiety about oneself.

 

 

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