LIST OF MAJOR ABBREVIATIONS AIF: AIT: AMB: BON: ECOWAS: FRCN: IFJ: INSI: IPC: MDLF: MISA: MOU: NAN: NANNM: NBC: NGE: NLC: NPC: NTA: NUPPPPROW: NUJ: RATTAWU: SAMDEF: UNESCO: UNILAG: VON: WAJA: WAMDEF: Francophone Intergovernmental Agency African Independent Television Africa Media Barometer Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria Economic Community of West African States Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria International Federation of Journalists International News Safety Institute International Press Centre Media Development Loan Fund Media Institute for Southern Africa Memorandum of Understanding News Agency of Nigeria National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives National Broadcasting Commission Nigeria Guild of Editors Nigeria Labour Congress Nigeria Press Council Nigeria Television Authority National Union of Printing, Publishing and Paper Products Workers Nigeria Union of Journalists Radio and Theatre Arts Workers Union of Nigeria Southern Africa Media Development Fund United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation University of Lagos Voice of Nigeria West African Journalists Association West Africa Media Development Fund