THE PRINT MEDIA IMPACT ON l'ARLIAMENTARY POLITICS (1999-2007)

The growing concern to ascertain the extent to which the print media have been influencing the Nigerian parliamentary politics informed this study. This has become imperative with the restoration of democracy to Nigeria in 1999. More fundamentally, the need to determino whether the print media influence on parliament and politics has in any way advanced the cause' of parliament, democracy and good governance is an additional reason that propelled the study.  The study has therefore been embarked upon essentially to provide · an insight to the role of the print media, examining how the print media have been playing the roles expected of them in the current democratic dispensation. The roles are; guard dog, holding the '· parliament accountable to the people, playing up issues of great significance and empowering the people through their reports.