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Impact Of Nta Enugu Entertainment Programmes On Youths In Enugu Metropolis
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The term “radio-visionâ€, as used here, implied that what he has always
been concerned with radio services alone would now been television
services. This idea was by no means revolutionary, first, for the
government that brought the idea, and secondly, for the people, whose
exposure to modern inventions was merely by the grace of a regional
government
loaded with strong visions. At this period, the idea of a radio, much
more a television service, was more of a tale from the moon to the other
two regions in Nigeria, namely the Northern region and the Eastern
region. In fact, what later became NTA Ibadan was the first television
in Africa.
Brief History of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)
The
history of the NTA can be traced back to the history of the Western
Nigeria Television (WNTV) officially opened on 31, October 1959. The
maiden broadcast was made in Ibadan on 1 November, 1959. Being the first
television station in Nigeria and indeed the whole of Africa, it was
highly coveted by other regional and federal government.
In 1961,
the National Council of Nigeria and Cameroon (NCNC) government of the
Eastern Region established the Eastern Nigeria Television (ENTV). This
was followed by the establishment of the Radio Television Service (NTS)
on April 1, 1962. According to Duyile (2005), the federal government
made it quite clear that although the new stations would first be
restricted to Lagos, it would later established in Enugu, Ibadan and
Kaduna. However, following certain political developments in Nigeria
thereafter which culminated in the creation of states, the NTS changed
its name to NBC-TV, and was established in all states including Jos,
Kano, Port Harcourt and Sokoto. Apart from these federal controlled
stations, the states themselves agitated for creation states-owned
television stations. According to Umeh (1989),
“The creation of new
states caused a new wave of sectional consciousness referred to as
“statismâ€. Every state wanted its own facilities, a university,
a polytechnic, a college of education, a teaching hospital, its own radio and television stations, and so onâ€.
Bendel
state took the lead in this new wave of television acquisition and its
state-owned television broadcasting in Nigeria, with the promulgation of
Decree 24 0f 1977, backdated to 1976. The Decree gave birth to the
merging of all existing federal and state owned stations under the NTA.
Its establishment was the first attempt by the federal government to
have a centrally financed and coordinated television industry. It was
born out of the successful experiment of pooling together all the
broadcasting agencies in the country. This resulted in the formation of
the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria (BON), to provide effective and
coordinated coverage for the second All-African Games hosted by Nigeria
in 1973. With the successful takeover of all television services in
Nigeria, the federal government had the opportunity to nationalize
television programming. Duyile (2005:297) writes
This new chapter
brought the “Network services†in which all the viewers in the country
are treated to the same programme on television screens. There is
therefore a national policy that has to be carried by all public
television stations. The network service of the NTA is a compulsory
service to be observed by all state television services. The 9pm news
every evening on the NTA is viewed nationwide.
The NTA was renamed
in 1979 and called the NTA ACT. Interestingly, the 1979 constitution
gave the Nigerian president the power to allow state governments,
organizations and individuals to operate television stations, Anambra,
Ondo, Bendel, Imo, Lagos, Plateau and Kano states together with the 22
NTA stations (Umeh, 1989).
Since then, the NTA has grown in leaps
and bounds with the proliferation of stations, not only in the 36 states
of the federation, but also in major towns across the states of the
federation. Although, there has tremendous growth in the number of
television stations in Nigeria (federal
controlled, state-owned and
private stations), the federal government dominates the television
landscape with 95 stations (one national channel and its 94 local
affiliates) across the country, one could say that the NTA has
penetrated the Nigeria populace as shown by the slogan: NTA the largest
network in Africa.
Who Is A Youth?
Beegle (1965) defined youth
as all who fall between the ages of 15 and 24 years. Braungart (1974)
simply defined youth as all who fall under the age of 30years.
Dreyfus
(1972) uses the term students, youths and young people interchangeably
and settled down to define them as those people between the ages of 16
and 25 who are actively involved in the world and are concerned with
effecting change in their own lives and the world around them.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research work was aimed at analyzing impact of NTA Enugu entertainment programmes on youths in Enugu metropolis. The research method used was the survey method and questionnaire was the instrument. The findings from the questionnaire showed that entertainment programmes have negative influences on youths. After the findings, the researcher recommended that research should be carried out by television producers to measure the acceptability and effectiveness of their programme messages. ... Continue reading---
