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Article title

Availability and accessibility of ICT in the rural communities of
Nigeria

Author

Kari, H. K.

Journal title

ELECTRONIC LIBRARY

Bibliographic details

2007, VOL 25; NUMBER 3, pages 363-372

Publisher

Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Country of publication

Great Britain

ISBN

ISSN

0264-0473

Language

English

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Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this work is to ascertain the
information needs of the people of rural Nigeria, to identify the type
of information channels available to them and to suggest ways of
improving the provisions of information services to the inhabitants of
rural communities. Design/methodology/approach - The study adopted the
descriptive survey research method with the questionnaire as the major
instrument. Interviews and observation were also employed. The simple
percentage method is used to present and analyse data with appropriate
tables. Findings - The empirical findings of the research are as
follows: about 80 per cent of Nigerians live in rural areas and are
predominantly poor farmers and fishermen, of whom about 90 per cent
are illiterate in the Western sense. They lack basic i...

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