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When Communication Becomes Just PR: Development Fails

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For 15 years, I’ve led communication efforts across top NGOs in Nigeria. Over this time, one truth has become impossible to ignore: Development communication is dangerously misunderstood and undervalued. I have published over a dozen empirical studies on communication theory and practice in respected local and international journals. I currently support three PhD researchers in […]

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From Noise to Impact: The Shift NGOs Must Make

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One of the key challenges to Development Communication is that a greater number of NGOs still consider “awareness campaigns” the ultimate achievement. When they erect billboards, air radio jingles, and attain social media trends, they conclude they have achieved meaningful, measurable impact. What needs to be known by a greater number of NGOs is that

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Succeess Story From Knowledge to Action, KAP as the Backbone of BCC in Family Planning

Success Story: From Knowledge to Action, KAP as the Backbone of BCC in Family Planning

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The use of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) as the fundamental pillar for Behavioural Change Communication (BCC), working with a community nurse to lead the process, resulted in the Zuma community of FCT-Abuja men and women changing their mindset and behaviour, leading to improved family planning practices. Using the KAP as a pillar for BBC

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Why communication targeting polio vaccine acceptance among rural populations fails

Participatory Communication Approaches for Family Planning Knowledge and Practices in FCT-Abuja, Nigeria

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Covenant Journal of Communication: VOL. 11 NO. 2, DECEMBER 2024 Authhor: Audu Liberty Oseni & Omale Gloria Eneh Abstract State and non-state actors continue to face challenges in effectively communicating family planning in a way that will enhance understanding, rather than its acceptance, making good practices difficult among men and women. The study objective was

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Interrogating The Effectiveness of Participatory Communication And Conflict Resolution in Buruku Community of Benue State, Nigeria

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National Open University of Nigeria International Journal of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution VOL. 4, NO. 2, August, 2024 Authors: Professor Emmanuel Samu Dandaura & Audu Liberty Oseni Abstract It has been observed that many conflicts are unresolved because of the inability of state and non-state actors to facilitate active participation and full community involvement in

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Examining the Effectiveness of Indigenous Language in Climate Change Communication in Communities of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria

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Adamawa State University Journal of Scientific Research, Issue 1, 2024 Volume 12 AUTHOR: Audu Liberty Oseni Abstract Effective communication that will enable the people particularly the rural dwellers to better understand Climate Change issues, continues to be a challenge confronting mitigation and adaptation action. In a sample representation of estimated 141,116 populations in the Jiwa

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Assessing the Effectiveness of Participatory Communication and Community Development in Abuja, Nigeria

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Lokoja Journal of Information Science Research, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2024) AUTHOR: Audu Liberty Oseni Abstract A good number of development programs in Nigeria fail due to the inability of the state and non-state actors to facilitate active community participation in decision-making on issues affecting them through a participatory communication process. In a sample representation

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