ABSTRACT This work set out to study the workability of freedom of information Act (FOIA) in Journalism profession in Nigeria. In 2011, the bill FOIA was assented to by the president of the federal republic of Nigeria president Goodluck Jonathan after eleven years of foot dragging in the N/ Assembly, and the hope of every Nigeria was that the Act would a respite to the rigorous Suffering the Journalists have been subjected to in the course of digging out facts and figures containing in both Government and private institutions to which such contents, they have be been denied access to on demand. A survey technique was used to obtain date from three hundred respondent respondents were chosen purposively to found out that the good intention of the FOIA has been dished or jettisoned due to the provisions of official secret Act in Nigeria which barrnigadle the access to Government documents by Journalist. The study recommend that the stakeholders being the legal luminaries, law makes in the states and national Assemblies and Journalists too should revisit the contents of the two acts of Nigeria parchment and assiduously response any parts that could man or muzzle Journalists from reporting the truth which is the only denfence for any society such as ours.
TABLE OF CONTENT CONTENT Page Title page -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- i Approval page -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ii Certification -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- iii Dedication -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- iv Acknowledgement -- -- -- -- -- -- -- v Abstract -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vi Table of Contents -- -- -- -- -- -- vii List of Tables -- -- -- -- -- viii
CHAPTER ONE: 1.1 introduction -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.2 Background to the problem -- -- -- -- -- 1.3 Statement of the problem -- -- -- -- -- 1.4 Objectives of the study -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.5 Research Questions -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.6 Significance of the Study -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.7 Delimitation of the Study -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.8 Limitation of the Study -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.9 Operation Definition of Terms -- -- -- -- --
CHAPTER TWO: Review of Literature 2.1 Review of Concepts -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.1.1 Freedom of Information Act -- -- -- -- -- 2.1.2 Journalism profession -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.2 Journalism And the Society -- -- -- -- -- 2.3 Ethical Concepts of Journalism -- -- -- -- -- 2.4 Review of Study -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.5 Review of Opinion -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.6 theoretical Framework -- -- -- -- -- -- CHAPTER THREE: Research Methodology -- -- 3.1 Research Method -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.2 Research Design -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.3 Population of the study -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.4 Sample Size and Sampling procedure -- -- -- -- 3.5 Description of Instrument -- -- -- -- -- 3.6 Validity of Research Instrument -- -- -- -- -- 3.7 Reliability of Research Instrument -- -- -- -- 3.8 Method of Data Collection -- -- -- -- -- 3.9 Method of Data Analysis -- -- -- -- -- -- CHAPTER FOUR Date Presentation, Analysis and Discussion of Findings
4.1 Introduction -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.2 Data Presentation and Analysis -- -- -- -- 4.3 Discussion of Findings
Chapter Five: Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation
5.1 Summary of Findings -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.2 Finding -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.3 Conclusion -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.4 Recommendation -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Work acted -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Appendix
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