RADIO ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN AGAINST TEENAGE HAWKING IN CROSS RIVER STATE: A STUDY OF CALABAR SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

south. The specific objectiy advocacy and campaign against tecnage hawking in Calabar (CRBC) and Hit fm carry oy ks to detenpme if Cross River Broadcasting Cooperation Paign against teenage hawking; to examine the effect of Cross River Broadcasting Coq . against teenage hawking jn pCe:hon (CRBC) and Hit fm advocacy on creating awareness Cooperation (CRBC) and Hit fin t;t:r South, to ascertain if Cross River Broadcasting knowledge of Calabar South reside tsugh advocacy against teenage hawking influenced the the challenges against adh nis on the consequences of teenage hawking, to find out : \ erence to the Cross River B . - Hit fm advocacy against the practice of er Broadcasting Cooperation (CRBC) and anchored on the agenda . Ol teenage hawking in Calabar South. The study was of the study was the resid ey research design was used. The population of Calabar South at 191,6e3n0t,s oTfh Cea labar So: uth, The C ensus figure of 2006 put the populatii on which figure of 395 63’0 p;:rso populatlqn was projected at 2023 using 3.0% growth rate Questionnaire was aciopt o 1S respectively (National Population Commission, NPC). evealed that sy Blvse s dmStI}lment for qam collection. The findings of this study ‘cenage hawking ; Oadcasting cooperation (CRBC) and Hit fm carry out advocacy on g ng in Calabar South and that there are challenges to the adherence to the Cross River b.road.castmg cooperation (CRBC) and Hit fm advocacy and campaign against teenage hawking in Calabar South. It therefore, concluded that Cross River Broadcasting Cooperation (CRBC) and Hit. Fm carry out advocacy campaigns against teendge hawking in Calabgr South and that the low socio-economic status of most families in Calabar South and the high r.ate of unemployment is the challenges against the adherence to the Cross River Broadcasting Cooperation (CRBC) and Hit Fm advocacy and campaign to the practice of teenage hawking in Calabar South, The study recommended that government should introduce empowerment and skill acquisition programmes that would back up the programmes on Cross River Broadcasting cooperation (CRBC) and Hit fm on the advocacy and campaign against teenage hawking in Calabar South.