PRIVATISATION AND COMMERCIALISATION OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA IN NIGERIA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.1              Introduction                                                                           

1.2              History of minaj system television                             

1.3              Significance of study                                                 

1.4              Objective of study                                                                 

1.5              Research methodology                                                          

1.6              Scope of study                                                                       

1.7              Limitation of study      

CHAPTER ONE

2.1              Literature review                                                                    

2.2              Literature extracts     

CHAPTER THREE

3.1              Statement of research problems                                             

3.2              Research questions                                                                 

3.3              Definition of terms                                                                

3.4              Research Hypothesis and null hypothesis               

CHAPTER FOUR

4.1              Research analysis                                                                   

4.2              Research design                                                                     

4.3              Research population                                                   

4.4              Sample size                                                                            

4.5              Interview procedure                                                   

4.6              Data presentation table                                                          

4.7              Data analysis                                                              

4.8              Discussion of findings            

CHAPTER FIVE

5.1              Summary and conclusion                                                       

5.2              Recommendation                                                                   

Appendix                                 

CHAPTER ONE

1.1              Privatization and commercialization of electronic media in Nigeria (A case study of Minaj system T.V.)

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Broadcasting in Nigeria, entered a new era with the decision of the federal government is allow private ownership of radio and television stations after more than 50 years of its advent in Nigeria.

Privatization is the process which government either partly or wholly transfers equity investment of ownership in a business enterprise to private investors.

Commercialization, on the other hand is defined as the reorganization of enterprises such that they could operate enterprises wholly or partially owned by the federal government without relying on government subvention.

It could be recalled that since the advent of radio and television in 1932 and 1959 respectively, government had hitherto reserved its ownership to either state or federal government.

Radio broadcasting started in 1932, when re-diffusion services began in Nigeria. This re-diffusion started in Lagos with the distribution of programmes, which originated from the British Broadcasting co-operation (BBC) in London. This was part of the overseas services of the BBC. From the Lagos studio, the programmes were distributed to various listening boxes when subscribers who had paid a small subscription fee for this purpose received them.

Because of the popularity of this system, it was eventually expanded to include stations outside Lagos, Abeokuta, Calabar, Enugu, Ibadan, Ijebu-ode, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Port Horcourt and Zaria. When in 1951 and 1952 the Nigerian Broad casting service (NBS) was established by the federal government and the major re-diffusion stations were converted into fully operational stations, radio had finally arrived in Nigeria.

Unlike radio which began in Nigeria through federal government initiative, television broadcasting began in the country through regional initiative. This was in October 1959 when the government of the former Western Region started the first television service in both Nigeria and Africa- the Western Nigerian television (WNTV). The following year, on 1st October 1960, the former Eastern Region followed the example of the West by establishing the Eastern Nigeria Television (ENTV) in Enugu.

The federal government got round to establishing its own television service when it started the Nigeria television service (NTS) in partnership with the NBC- International of America, in April 1962 in Lagos. In the same year, the government of the former Northern region also started its own television service called Radio Television Kaduna (RTV). The regional government and a British television company jointly owned this.

The federal government television which was under a management agreement with an American company, continued and was confined to the federal capital, and soon came under the Nigerian Broadcasting co-operation, (NBC) when the management contract with the American was determined.

The advent of television brought in its wake a new dimension to broadcasting in Nigeria. The creation of states in Nigeria meant that the new state administrations could set-up television networks in their states.

The former government of the mid-Western state in 1973 went ahead by establishing the Mid-Western Television (MTV) now NTA Benin, Benue plateau television (BPTV) followed in 1974.

In 1975, the federal military government announced its intention to take over all television stations in the country. It then set-up machinery within the federal ministry of information to give effect to this plans.

At this time, ten stations-Ibadan, Enugu, Kaduna, Lagos, Benin, Jos, Port-Harcourt, Kano, Sokoto and Owerri (Aba) in that order, had been set-up.