Keyword : Crisis, Nigerian politics, Frames, Newspapers, Fubara-Wike, Power play
Author(s) : Ezemba Assumpta Onyinyechi
Abstract :
Political crisis is a major impediment to Nigeria’s national development. With the restoration to democratic rule in 1999, high expectations were raised that the new democratic dispensation would resolve the risk of Nigeria’s political crisis, while speeding the country’s economic and social transformation. The politics of godfatherism, which is seen in this study, has been the focal point of political gangalism in Africa and other developing countries around the globe, and has remained one of the greatest glitches facing the Nigerian political system since the country’s return to democratic rule in 1999 to date. Although party machine politics is not an unfamiliar phenomenon in Nigerian political history, the country has seen an increase in it since its return to democratic rule, which continues to weaken government authority and render citizens’ voting value meaningless. Its practice has not only retarded the process of democratic consolidation in Nigeria, but also undermines effective state governance and restricts rather than broadens democratic representation. The fundamental thrust of this paper is to analyse the newspaper framing of the three national dailies: The Sun, Punch, and Vanguard newspapers on the political crisis in Rivers State between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, in Nigeria’s fourth republic. The key objectives of the study are to analyse how the selected national newspapers have framed the Fubara-Wike political crisis, to identify the dominant themes and narratives in each newspaper’s coverage, and to identify the genre of stories on the Fubara-Wike political crisis. The content analysis method was adopted. This approach was used because of its appropriateness in dealing with press coverage of various events. The use of comparative content analysis to measure political trends has proven to be most effective. The findings revealed that the selected newspapers used photos, a straight news format, mainly in the reportage of the crisis. The three newspapers highlighted the intense power struggle between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the former governor Nyesom Wike, and also the potential benefits of the peace deal, emphasizing the need for stability in Rivers State. The selected newspapers used frames such as conflict frames, political power play frames, peace and reconciliation frames, and consequences frames. It is recommended that Nigerian Newspapers should emphasize in-depth investigation and interpretative coverage of crises on conflict issues, give detailed reports that will educate the public more, and use positive solution frames when covering crisis-related matters.
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