1INjaka Martins C. and 2Njaka Michael Emeka
1Department of Mass Communication, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra state, Nigeria
2Department of public administration, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra state, Nigeria
Corresponding Author’s email: njakamartins@gmail.com
Abstract
The study focuses on political communication: A panacea to under-development in the South-East geo-political zone. A survey research design was adopted for the study. The population is made up of members of major political parties in the zone and political stakeholders in the South East geo-political zone. Simple random sampling techniques was used to sample five hundred respondents in the South-East zone. The instrument for data collection is the questionnaire which has eighteen (18) items designed to elicit information on political communication: A panacea to under-development in the South-East zone of Nigeria. The instrument was validated by two experts in political science at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra state. The mean statistics was used to analyze the data collected. The findings of the study showed that the nature of under-development in the South-East includes; poor road network, inadequate security of lives and property, the South-East has no key political positions in Nigerian government, corruption, economic poverty, inadequate infrastructural facilities among others. The research study discovered that rotation of key political positions among the geo-political zones, political socialization of the people of the zone, the use of mass media will address the issue of under-development of South-East zone. Relevant recommendations and conclusion were made.
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