Radio and Political Mobilisation of Women in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government of Ogun State

This study explores the role of radio in mobilising women for politics in Ado-Odo/Ota area of Ogun state of Nigeria. Survey design was used and the results were presented with tables and analysed using simple percentages. The sample size of the study was 200 respondents but only 199 copies of the questionnaire were useful for analysis. This study examined the extent to which women were enlightened by radio and it found out that radio was one of the major medium through which they were aware of political events amidst other factors like other women politicians acting as role models to women of the community. The researchers discovered that the respondents who are women listen to radio, some on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. It was also revealed that radio discusses political issues but many of the respondents are of the view that their community and culture mobilised them the more in participation in politics. It was therefore recommended that radio can also play a major role in mobilising women for politics, but radio cannot work in isolation. The radio should therefore seek ways to produce better political programmes that can effectively appeal to the rational of its audience by putting into consideration other factors, (culture, community, etc.) and by so doing the women are confident that their beliefs are still important and not treated as nothing. Radio can encourage women by bringing female politicians who have made it to enlighten other women on the benefits of participating in politics. These women can act as role models to other women and when people have role models, the tendency to do as they do is high