RURAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION AS A PANACEA FOR NIGERIA'S DEVELOPMENT

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dc.contributor.authorRaji, Abdullateef
dc.contributor.authorMuhammed, Abubakar Yinusa
dc.contributor.authorMohmoh Musa Danjuma
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-17T08:38:52Z
dc.date.available2024-04-17T08:38:52Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractAccess to Information is a veritable tool for the advancement of any given society. The growth and development of a country' are determined mainly by the country's capacity to acquire and make use of relevant information. A country like Nigeria can quickly attain development if rural communities are adequately-informed about the happening in their environment. A large number of Nigeria populace lives in rural areas, and the circumstances have denied them the vast human and natural endowment of the country. This situation could be as a result of inadequate information services in the local settings. Thus, the main aim of this paper is to examine how pertinent information in rural communities can bring about sustainable development in Nigeria. Communication goal theory was adopted to explain this phenomenon. Data confirmed the deplorable condition of the rural dwellers in Nigeria and therefore the paper recommends that, credence must be given to information services in the countryside to reduce social menaces such as crime, environmental pollution, traffic and accommodation congestion, rural-urban movement, anxiety in the country and underdevelopement when compared with first world countries. And concerted efforts must be made to give access to information and knowledge by the teeming illiterates who constitutes the mainstream of rural inhabitants.
dc.identifier.issn12449-1314
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/11995
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDEPARTMENT OFSOCIOLOGY, OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY, OSOGBO
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 4; No. 1
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 4; No. 2
dc.subjectInformation
dc.subjectNigeria
dc.subjectRural Areas
dc.subjectSustainable development
dc.titleRURAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION AS A PANACEA FOR NIGERIA'S DEVELOPMENT
dc.typeArticle

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