Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Date of this Version
2011
Abstract
This paper focuses on the obstacles to development information provision and use in rural communities in Nigeria, where the impact of the oral tradition remains very strong. A review of the Nigerian rural community and its rural information environment is made. Requirements for development process in rural communities are taken into account. The paper discusses those attributes of information that are counter-productive to the development process in Nigerian rural communities, where more than 70% are known to be illiterate. The successful use of information as a resource for development depends in large part on knowledge of the nature of information and the ability of disseminators to apply appropriate communication mechanisms understandable to rural people. This has implications for people involved in the development of rural communities.