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Information dissemination, access and utilization for socio-economic empowerment of rural people in northern states of Nigeria

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Title Statement Information dissemination, access and utilization for socio-economic empowerment of rural people in northern states of Nigeria
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Daudu, Hanna Mamman; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria-Nigeria
Mohammed, Zakari
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Library Science; Information Science
Information channels; Information dissemination
 
Summary, etc. Rural people in northern states of Nigeria are those whose main occupation is subsistence <br />farming. They exhibit a relatively higher rate of poverty than their counterparts in the urban <br />areas. Therefore, they need information that can empower them to fight poverty and other social <br />vices. The objective of the study was to identify the types of information required, channels <br />available and used to disseminate information to the rural people. Two research questions were <br />raised and answered, and one null hypothesis was formulated and tested using chi-square. <br />Descriptive research method was used and questionnaire was the instrument used to gather <br />data. The study revealed that the information required by rural people in northern states of <br />Nigeria was information on agriculture, bank loans, poverty alleviation programmes and any <br />other information that can raise their socio-economic status. It further revealed that the channels available and used for the dissemination of the information were not adequate. It was suggested among other things, community information centres (CICs) for rural people be established and that state public libraries should use the CICs to disseminate information through the Local Government Information Units.
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS)
2014-02-24 05:12:28
 
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http://op.niscair.res.in/index.php/ALIS/article/view/1771
 
Data Source Entry Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS); ##issue.vol## 60, ##issue.no## 4 (2013): Annals of Library and Information Studies
 
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