Leadership challenges, mass media and nation building

Onwumah, Tony (2015) Leadership challenges, mass media and nation building. International Journal of Development and Sustainability, 4 (1). pp. 72-80. ISSN 2168-8662

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Abstract

Leadership challenges entail those constraining factors which 1nhibit the political leadership in Nigeria from optimum performance and from achieving set goals. While arguing that Nigeria has a plethora of them such as: illiteracy; lack of polit1cal awareness, Weakness institutions, currupt1un in the Society at large and particularly in the police and judiciary. The others include the nature of Nigerian politics, ethnicity, representative' bureaucracy or quota system and religious bigotry. The paper maintains that, ,apart from h1ndering growth and development these factors militate against nat1on builu111g. It concludes on the note that, because the mass media could pass information across a broad spectrum of the society instantaneously thereby mobilizing and motivating-: the people with relative case, the mass media arc vcnt.1bk lll'>tr umcnt ~ ol overcoming the leadership challenge and of fostering nation building. Relying on primary and Secondary data the paper shows that these goals could he achieved if the media adhere to 1ts tenets fl truth, objectivity and fairness. There is the need to train and retrain mcd1a practitioners. Furthermore 1t is impo1tctnt to separate professional practice from media,t ownership pointing out that Nigeria is a state in search of nationhood.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Laedership, Mass Media, Politics, Nigeria
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Humanities
Depositing User:	Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2015 11:46
Last Modified:	16 Nov 2015 11:46
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/5645

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