Role Of Broadcast Media In Anti-Corruption Campaign Of The Federal Government From 2015 – 2023 (a Study Of The Broadcast Media In Southeast, Nigeria

Abstract

This research examined the scorecard of the Federal Government in anti-corruption campaign from 2015 – 2023, using the broadcast media in the southeast amid cross-sectional studies. One key objective was to determine the extent of the campaign which was promised Nigerians, and looked at the strength and weaknesses of these government and privately owned broadcast stations to fight the cause. The study was a qualitative and quantitative research which employed questionnaire as instrument for the generation of data from the audience based on their perception of broadcast media and agencies like the EFCC, and ICPC in the campaign. The researcher found out among others, that all the broadcast media in the region had a regular weekly programmes in political matters emphasizing total crusade on anti-corruption as the bane of democracy – dividends. It was established in the course of this investigations that the promise and assurances by government to end corruption in shortest possible time was woefully performed below expectation. The researcher recommended that the anti-graft agencies as well as the media should be truly independent from the government and their owners if they are to succeed in their anti-graft war.