ASSESSMENT OF AVAILABILITY, ADEQUACY AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS IN NIGERIAN TELEVISION AUTHORITY MINNA, NIGER STATE

Abstract

The study was design to assess the availability, adequacy and maintenance of equipment and tools in NTA Minna, Niger State. Three research questions were formulated to guide the study. descriptive research method was used in this study. The population of the study was65 (30 male and 35 female). Due to the manageable size of the study population, the study utilized the whole population, the entire population was used for the study. The instrument that was used for this research work is a structured questionnaire and was used to gather information from the respondents. The researcher administered the instrument to the respondents. The descriptive statistics using mean was used for data analysis. From the findings, reveal that showed that video mixers and video routers are moderately available, studio prompter/teleprompter, audio and video monitoring system, audio processors and converters were all moderately maintained and encoders and decoders (mean score of 3.2), Streaming Receivers (means score of 3.8) and Accessories such as lighting projectors, truss, studio clock, tripod, and video wall (mean score of 3.2) were all moderately adequate. Based on the research findings the following recommendations are made: government should invest massively to upgrade the status of NTA to international standard both in availability of human resources and logistics and special on the job reorientation should be organized for NTA staff on operation and maintenance of Equipment to enhance longevity among others.