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The Causes of Digital Divide in Nigeria: The Context of the Nigerian Law Reform Commission

Oluda, Omolara Francisca LU and Josephs, Chimechefulam LU (2023) INFM10 20231
Department of Informatics
Abstract
Digital divide is the gap between individuals who have access to and can use the internet and ICT devices and those who do not. In this thesis, factors such as income, education, positional categories, electrical power supply, digital literacy etc. are identified as contributors to the cause of digital divide in Nigeria. The quantitative research method was adopted in order to measure those variables identified as factors that contribute to the digital divide in Nigeria, the context of the Nigeria Law Reform Commission(NLRC). Survey questionnaire was used as a
technique in collecting the empirical data. Out of two hundred and eight (208) employees that work in NLRC, we received empirical data from a sample population of 112 participants.... (More)
Digital divide is the gap between individuals who have access to and can use the internet and ICT devices and those who do not. In this thesis, factors such as income, education, positional categories, electrical power supply, digital literacy etc. are identified as contributors to the cause of digital divide in Nigeria. The quantitative research method was adopted in order to measure those variables identified as factors that contribute to the digital divide in Nigeria, the context of the Nigeria Law Reform Commission(NLRC). Survey questionnaire was used as a
technique in collecting the empirical data. Out of two hundred and eight (208) employees that work in NLRC, we received empirical data from a sample population of 112 participants. We used six factors to test the hypotheses we formulated for this thesis: economic factor, human factor, technological factor, government factor, organizational factor supported the tested hypotheses while the geographical factor did not support the tested hypotheses as it opposes what was obtainable in literature.
Our findings reveal that Nigeria is predominantly at the first level of the digital divide and the factors mentioned above are the causes. (Less)
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author
Oluda, Omolara Francisca LU and Josephs, Chimechefulam LU
supervisor
organization
course
INFM10 20231
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
digital divide, Nigeria law reform, ICT device usage, digital literacy, digital technology.
language
English
id
9123699
date added to LUP
2023-06-14 10:50:32
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2023-06-14 10:50:32
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  abstract     = {{Digital divide is the gap between individuals who have access to and can use the internet and ICT devices and those who do not. In this thesis, factors such as income, education, positional categories, electrical power supply, digital literacy etc. are identified as contributors to the cause of digital divide in Nigeria. The quantitative research method was adopted in order to measure those variables identified as factors that contribute to the digital divide in Nigeria, the context of the Nigeria Law Reform Commission(NLRC). Survey questionnaire was used as a 
technique in collecting the empirical data. Out of two hundred and eight (208) employees that work in NLRC, we received empirical data from a sample population of 112 participants. We used six factors to test the hypotheses we formulated for this thesis: economic factor, human factor, technological factor, government factor, organizational factor supported the tested hypotheses while the geographical factor did not support the tested hypotheses as it opposes what was obtainable in literature.
Our findings reveal that Nigeria is predominantly at the first level of the digital divide and the factors mentioned above are the causes.}},
  author       = {{Oluda, Omolara Francisca and Josephs, Chimechefulam}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Causes of Digital Divide in Nigeria: The Context of the Nigerian Law Reform Commission}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}