-
Impact Of Urhobo Voice Newspaper On Development Of Ovwain Community
[A CASE STUDY OF UDU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DELTA STATE]
CHAPTER ONE -- [Total Page(s) 4]
Page 2 of 4
-
-
-
Igwe (1991:176) says that “more than 20 years after
establishment of Iwe Irohin, three other community newspaper came up in
Lagos. These were “the Lagos observerâ€, “the Lagos Times†and “The Lagos
standardâ€. These papers published the pre-independence socio-political
conditions in Nigeria. For this reason, they could have been mistaken
for national newspaper. But they were “Lagos community newspapersâ€.
After
the demise of the above pre-independence community newspapers, others
sprang up in Nigeria. These could be rightly regarded as
post-independence papers. Some of them are already defunct. They are
“The Oniwu sun†based in Ikorodu, “The village news†based in Akinale
village in the outskirt of Abeokuta, “The Obanta star†and “The Obanta
News†based in Ijebu-Ode and “Gaskiya Tafi Kwabo†based in Zaria.
Also
worthy of mention are the Onitsha based “Nigerian mirror†which was
established in the mid 1960s, “The Lagos News†and the “City Tempoâ€
based in Lagos; 5
the Makurdi based “voice†which circulates in Benue State and the Uyo based weekly, “The pioneerâ€.
The
introduction/background would be inconclusive without mentioning “the
Urhobo Voice†... a community newspaper – belonging to the Urhobo ethic
group in Delta State – which happens to be focus of this study.
The
plan to establish “the Urhobo voice was hatched in 1937 by the current
Editor in – Chief and publisher, Mr. Ogbemure Imene. However, it was not
until October , 1997 that the first copies of the newspaper hit the
newsstands. Its first editor was Mr. Godwin Okpubigbo.
The paper is printed by Uvoh – Amroma International ltd. at No. 1 Orofin Street (Goodday Communication), Maza – Maza, Lagos.
The aims and objectives of the papers are:
1. The creation of awareness for the upliftment of the Urohobo nation,
2. To unite the Urhobo people into one universal spectrum;
3.
To act as an organ of universal information to the Urhobo people and
become partners in progress with their neighbour for the betterment of
all.
4. To capture the essence of the Urhobo world,
5. To champion excellence in grassroots journalism.
Although,
the paper has not joined the Audit Bureau of Circulation (A.B.C.), its
distribution is undertaken by Mr. Dominic Onunu who is the marketing
manager.
The paper has approximate circulation figure of seven thousand (7,000) copies.
At
the inception of the paper in 1997, it was published monthly. In April
1999, it became a fortnightly after. Again in September same year (1999)
it became a tri-monthly 6
newspaper. With effect from January 2000 the management will make it a weekly newspaper.
CHAPTER ONE -- [Total Page(s) 4]
Page 2 of 4
-
-
ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The title of this project is “Impact of Urhobo Voice Newspaper on Development of Ovwain Community in Udu Local Government Area of Delta Stateâ€. To achieve this objective, the study made use of the survey method which involved personal interview and administration of questionnaires on respondents in Ovwain Community and the aim of this exercise was to obtain the data needed for the successful execution of the study. The study made use of table to analyse the data collected from a rand ... Continue reading---
