The Effect Of Press Laws On Nigerian Practising Journalist
[A CASE STUDY OF NTA ENUGU]

1.2  STATEMENT OF TE RESEARCH PROBLEM

The actual research modalities as tied to this study is an attempt to explain the effect of press laws on the Nigeria practicing journalist as regard whether these press laws are favorable or unfavorable to the third world nation called Nigeria.

Then again, to even go further to briefly, but elaborately define the press laws to clarity issues from the onset as to what they actually entail.

1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

The objectives of the study are as follows:

• To see what the pres law entails

• To se whether the press laws are relevant to the Nigerian practicing Journalist or not

• To see whether such press laws can improve the standard of Nigerian practicing journalists.

• To see whether the press laws are obtainable in other parts of the world.

• To see whether press laws should out-rightly be scraped or re-modified the way it is.

1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 

The study has become imperative not only to the academic guns, but also to the non academic sector which perhaps uses its functions the proliferation of contemporary journalist with respect to Nigeria

 However, it will be pertinent to further analyze various press laws on the practicing journalists in order to take a more official look on the chains of information flow and to further investigate the qualitative output of the Nigerian Journalist in response to press laws.

1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS

The following research questions are thus put in place to find this study.

• Can the press laws be said to have a positive or negative effect on the Nigerian practicing Journalist

• Are the pres laws thus relevant to the practicing journalists or not?

• Can such pres law yield a more qualitative output in contemporary Nigerian journalist?

• What are the constitution provisions for the press laws?

1.6 RESEARCH HYPOHESIS

HI – press laws have a positive effect on practicing Nigerian          

journalist.

HO – press laws has negative effects on practicing Nigerian 

journalist

H2 – press law are relevant on the practicing of Nigerian 

journalist

HO – press law are not relevant on the practicing of 

Nigerian law

H3 – press law enhances effective practice of journalism in 

Nigerian 

HO – press law do not enhance effective practice of 

journalism in    Nigeria

H4 – press laws has constitutional provisions and backing 

HO – pres laws has no constitutional provision and backing.