The Nigerian Press and the Political Class: Identifying Linkages to Overcome Challenges of the Current Democratic Dispensation
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https://doi.org/10.46881/ajh.v2i0.93Keywords:
Nigerian Press, Political Class, Linkages, Challenges, Democratic DispensationAbstract
The challenge most contemporary societies, especially democratic nations, often face is how to integrate and harmonize the different components of the society in the quest for maintaining and sustaining the entire system. The press and the political class form the heartbeat of every political structure, and the two institutions, as a matter of fact, should cooperate and complement each other in the process of establishing an enduring democratic culture. As a result of professionalism, the press and the political class have become differentiated in functions and responsibilities. They perform divergent functions which, at times, are complementary and overlapping. In view of the seemingly complementarities of their functions, it has become a matter of necessity for the Nigerian press and the political class to integrate and harmonize their potentials to overcome the challenges of the current democratic dispensation in the process of sustaining the nascent democratic experience as well as enhancing the development of the citizenry and the society at large. The paper submits that, the two institutions should forge endurable platforms and linkages of cooperation and collaboration to overcome their professional, constitutional and institutional challenges, especially as it has become imperative for them to co-exist in a mutually beneficial and rewarding manner.
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