Good day listeners. my name is Sa'adatu Umar from Zaria local government, kaduna State Nigeria. Presenting from Center for girl child education, sponsored by the Commonwealth of learning. Our podcast for today is social studies, episode one. Under the topic, pressure group in Nigeria. By the end of this episode, listeners should be able to define pressure groups in Nigeria, give examples of pressure groups in Nigeria advantage and disadvantages of pressure groups listeners Do you remember that you are paying PTA due in your schools, good PTA is a group of parents and teacher association that pressurize the management of the school. In an issue concerning welfare of parents and teachers with order related issues, therefore, pressure groups are groups of people with a common goal. In order to promote their own interests and the interests of people they represent. Examples of pressure groups in Nigeria. National Union of teachers. NUT, academic staff union of universities as Nigeria Labour Congress NLC. Advantages of pressure groups, to protect member interest, create public awareness. They also keep the government in check, and defend the interests of the working class. Disadvantages are, they make government do things mainly for those who can who can pressurize it. They also force the government to take decision, which may later be found not to be the interests of everybody. Now here are some questions on what we have learned so far. What is a pressure group. Good. Pressure groups are groups of people who have a common goal. They promote their own interests and the interests of people, they represent. Excellent. What are the examples of pressure groups. Wonderful, we have n ut Nigeria union of teachers good, NLC Nigera Labour Congress, academic staff union of universities ASUU Excellent. So learners at home. We have learned that pressure groups is a group of people with a common goal. So get a sheet of paper and write down your home work, give three more examples of pressure group in Nigeria. I repeat give three More examples of pressure groups in Nigeria. In our next episode we are going to look at transportation. Thank you and goodbye for now.
