AN OVERVIEW OF NIGERIA'S NATIONAL COMMUNICATION POLICY AND STRATEGY FROM 1999 TO 2018

Abstract

The subtle power of a country is coordinated with the quantity and quality of information available to the citizen. With the terrain and frontier of communication having changed drastically, it is crucial for Nigeria to have a robust National communication policy and strategy which will serve as a nerve centre for where other communication effort at different levels of government and private sector will be drawn. It is in view of this that this paper examines the Nigeria's national communication policy and strategy from 1999 to 2018 in order to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the draft policy document. The paper argues that the major weakness of the policy include the absence of strong continuous public involvement and consistent private sector participation. The paper concluded by identifying major gaps in the current National Communication Policy as well as recommended possible options and strategies needed to make Nigeria a communicating nation.