Nigeria: Boko Haram, Gov. Nyako and the President

opinion

As 2015 draws closer, the focus in Nigeria is now increasingly set on the performance and professionalism of media operatives. After all, communication media are the mouthpiece and reflector of political activities and public feedback. It is not for nothing that the media is scientifically assessed as the unofficial fourth estate of the democratic phenomenon. After years of voluntary association with the corridors of scientific activities at various levels in Europe, I will dare to add hypothetically that the government of any country can only be as good as the mass media of the country itself.

Precisely this is one plausible explanation for the desolate state of political leadership in Nigeria today. Without straying too far from the subject indicated in the title of this article, I will advise readers to lay their hands on my book "Nigeria's Journalistic Militantism" for details on how the deplorable state of journalism in Nigeria has largely translated into bad governance. One recent case-study in this respect is the demonic onslaught of the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram and the media handling of the aftermath of its latest show of shame.

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