Assessment of Women's Contribution to Television Broadcast Development in Nigeria

This article examined the contribution of women to the development of the television broadcast industry in Nigeria. The article sought to examine the role of women in the development of television broadcasting in the past decades in Nigeria, to find out the challenges encountered by the women in the participation in television broadcasting and to ascertain the placement of women today in the television broadcast industry. The attribution theories as well as the social judgment theory were adopted in this study to establish a workable theoretical parlance. The article adopted an empirical review approach and a finding from a reviewed sourced indicated that despite the hurdles of gender discrimination and male preferences, the women through devotions to education and training have been able to wade through this into the hall of fame in the television broadcast industry. Meanwhile, to increase the women's impact and contribution to the speed/pace