Corruption Reporting in the Eyes of the Suffering Masses in Nigeria
Standpoint Media Nigeria Limited | 13 March, 2020
So, what are members of the suffering masses
saying in respect of the very scanty reflection of their views in corruption
reporting by the media? It is considered a big question to be answered by them
because who gets to speak is also about who gets to decide what is done about
corruption. Hence the paradox if those who most suffer the effects of
corruption exercise little or no discursive power over its elimination, going
by what Prof Sam Oyovbaire revealed in the lecture we have already referenced.
Oyovbaire’s point has been aggravated by the hostility of the power elite to
the little leverage the social media has given to ordinary people in terms of
voice. All manner of laws are being cooked up to block such openings in the
name of fighting ‘fake news’, ‘hate speeches’ and similar stuff. This
report is, therefore, at the heart of the strategy of amplifying ‘voices from
below’. So, it is important asking the question of what the masses say on what
do about systematic exclusion from corruption reporting, its impact and how it
might be corrected?
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