self.navigationController is null

in my viewcontroller,I have a button,when press the button,entry the navigationController,my code like:

-(IBAction)ShangHaiButtonPressed:(id)sender{
    marketviewcontroller = [[MarketViewController alloc]initWithNibName:@"MarketViewController" bundle:nil];
    NSLog(@"%@",self.navigationController);
    [self.navigationController pushViewController:marketviewcontroller animated:YES];
    [marketviewcontroller release];   
}

but I can see the self.navigationController is null,how to solve this problem?thank you.

update:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    _switchviewcontroller = [[SwitchViewController alloc]initWithNibName:@"SwitchViewController" bundle:nil];
    [self.window addSubview:_switchviewcontroller.view];
    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
    return YES;
}