NIGERIA YOUTHS: MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO ICT TOOLS OR MAJOR CONSUMERS OF ICT?
Authors:
AYANKOYA Folasade
Publication Type: Journal article
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Abstract
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools have been widely adopted by Nigeria
youths; various tools have been integrated into their daily life, either for communication,
research, networking, social activities or any other purpose including academics. As much as
these tools are embraced by the youths, interest in inventing or contributing to the existing
technology is not high among them. This research takes a look at the rate of youth’s interest
in contributing to the existing ICT tools. The study was conducted in one of the Nigerian private
universities and employed the survey form of research where copies of questionnaire were used
as the research tool. A stratified sampling technique was used across all the levels of their
computer science department with a total population of 1030 and a sample size of 3/5 was
considered. The analysis of the research was carried out using Statistical Package for Social
Science (SPSS). SPSS was used to analyse the gathered data.
The result showed that despite the exposure of our youth to ICT at early age, their passion for
ICT and desire to be known for an invention, they still fall majorly under the class of consumers
of ICT rather than creators. This is a situation that needs to be addressed by government of
Nigeria, educational institutions, ICT based organisations as the youths are the future of any
nation.