INFORMATION NEED, ACCESS, AND USE FOR SOCIAL WELFARE AND FAMILY PLANNING BY RURAL DWELLERS IN IDO AND AKINYELE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA.
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Date
2016
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Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Abstract
Information is a resource of immeasurable value to both rural and urban dwellers. The
information available to any individual per time determines to a large extent the decision such an
individual will take on issues. The rural areas in Nigeria are often bedeviled with lack of basic
infrastructures that could have enhanced the welfare of its inhabitants. Rural areas in Nigeria are
characterised with poor roads, lack of pipe borne water, lack of standard schools and health
facilities, inadequate or total lack of electricity among others. The information available to the
rural man/woman cannot be compared to that of their urban counterparts. The urban dwellers
enjoys regular power supply, have opportunity to attend seminars/workshops, have access to
standard health facilities; all these give the urban dwellers better exposure to information
compared to rural dwellers. This, without missing words will directly or indirectly affect
decisions rural dweller will take on issues compared to his/her urban counterparts.
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INFORMATION NEED, INFORMATION ACCESS, SOCIAL WELFARE, FAMILY PLANNING, RURAL DWELLERS, IDO AND AKINYELE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA
Citation
Odefadehan, Olalekan & Akinola, A. & Odefadehan, O.. (2016). Information need, access, and use for social welfare and family planning by rural dwellers in ido and akinyele local Government areas of Oyo State, Nigeria. 2016.