EFFECT OF NATIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NITDA) INTERVENTION ON JOB CREATION IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA.
EFFECT OF NATIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NITDA) INTERVENTION ON JOB CREATION IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA.
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Date
2021
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ORLUCHUKWU, Godwin Wuzoigwe
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Abstract
This study is on the Effect of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)
Intervention on Job creation in Selected Local Government Areas of Rivers State. .
Unemployment is one of the developmental problems that face every developing economy. It is
also an established fact that unemployment rate is a very significant factor to be considered in the
quest for economic development in Nigeria. One of the impediments to socio-economic
development in Nigeria is high rate of unemployment. Countries all over the world are battling to
stem the tides of unemployment. As part of e-governance, this study examines government
policies in relation to creating the necessary awareness in this regard and the setting up of
regulatory body such as National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to
empower and educate Nigerians on the need to embrace the new technology. Specific objectives
are to;(i) determine the effect of public user-ability, Public access, Public Awareness, Public
acceptance and government(NITDA) created enabling environment for the use of ICT on job
creation in selected local government areas of Rivers state. The target population are the staff of
NITDA, staff and students of the tertiary institutions in Rivers state, as well as residents of the
local governments studied. The population of study is 766,300 and 440 copies of questionnaires
were administered to the sample respondents in the three local governments. The sample size
was 414, determined through the application of Yamane‘s formula. In technique of data analysis,
multiple regression technique was adopted to determine the relationship between the dependent
and independent variables. The data collected was through the primary source(questionnaires and
interview) from the respondents and processed through the SPSS version 20, scientific package.
The question is with five likert scale response option. In conducting this research, five
hypotheses were formulated. These are; public user-ability, Public access to ICT, ICT awareness,
ICT Acceptance and government created enabling environment have no significant effect on job
creation in Rivers state. The null hypotheses were all rejected in favor of alternate hypotheses.
The study revealed that ICT has significant effect on job creation in the local governments
studied. It was recommended among other things that; ICT should be integrated into economic
activities, the price of ICT should be subsidized, more awareness should be created and
government should encourage the study of ICT by awarding scholarship to ICT bias students.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, INPARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF
PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D) IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION,
FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA, NIGERIA