NIGERIA SCORES: Individual scores: 3; 4; 4; 3; 3; 3; 2; 3; 3; 2; 4 Total score: 34 Average score: 3.1 3.11 The public broadcaster offers balanced and fair informa- tion reflecting the full spectrum of diverse views and opinions. ANALYSIS: A lot of effort is being made to have local content programmes. For example, the FRCN (Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria) has a programme called the grassroots while state radios have local forum programmes. Of course local content programmes are affected by politics, culture, social taboo, resources and religion; they nonetheless constitute an important aspect of state broadcasting. People from the Niger Delta complain about lack of access to public media. Attempts to improve this situation are made but so far without great success. Some members of the panel noted that the mindset of the people towards what to expect from State media also matters: they think that it is state propaganda anyway and they do not believe in it anymore. SCORES: Individual scores: 2; 2; 3; 2; 3; 3; 2; 3; 2; 2; 2 Total score: 26 Average score: 2.4 28 African Media Barometer - Nigeria 2008