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Information Behaviour and Political Participation of Women in Ijebuland of Ogun State Nigeria

Authors: Fagbe Abimbola , OGBUIYI Susan , Ogbuiyi Chima, Oriogu Chuks Daniel

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Ssrg International Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (ssrg-ijhss)

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Abstract The paper investigated information behaviour and political participation of women in ijebuland of Ogun state, Nigeria.Six research questions guided thestudy and the data collection instrument used was the questionnaire, the study adopted survey research method.The findings of the study revealed that 70% of the respondents participated actively in politics and belong to a political party known as CAN (Action Congress of Nigeria). The study shows that information sources like Radio/Television, Books/Library, Newspaper/Magazine etc are readily available and often consulted by the respondents. Also the respondents indicated that they actively participates in the party meetings, women orientation and empowerment programmes and their information needs are basically on political issues, economic issues, marital responsibilities and empowerment programs. However, majority of the respondents indicated that education, economic factors, gender issues etcare the major hindrances to their information behaviour and political participation. Therefore, the study recommends that special emphasis should be laid on mandatory and free education of the girl child, making it the corporate responsibility of all parties involved in nation building from immediate family, the community, the society and the governments at all levels

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Fagbe,A. OGBUIYI,S. Ogbuiyi,D.C Oriogu,C.D . (2015). Information Behaviour and Political Participation of Women in Ijebuland of Ogun State Nigeria, 2 (), 31-31.

Fagbe,A. OGBUIYI,S. Ogbuiyi,D.C Oriogu,C.D . "Information Behaviour and Political Participation of Women in Ijebuland of Ogun State Nigeria" 2, no (), (2015): 31-31.

Fagbe,A. and OGBUIYI,S. and Ogbuiyi,D.C and Oriogu,C.D and . (2015). Information Behaviour and Political Participation of Women in Ijebuland of Ogun State Nigeria, 2 (), pp31-31.

FagbeA, OGBUIYIS, OgbuiyiDC, OrioguCD, . Information Behaviour and Political Participation of Women in Ijebuland of Ogun State Nigeria. 2015, 2 ():31-31.

Fagbe,Abimbola , OGBUIYI,Susan , Ogbuiyi,Darlina Chima, and Oriogu,Chuks Daniel . "Information Behaviour and Political Participation of Women in Ijebuland of Ogun State Nigeria", 2 . (2015) : 31-31.

F.Abimbola O.Susan O.Darlina Chima & O.Chuks Daniel , "Information Behaviour and Political Participation of Women in Ijebuland of Ogun State Nigeria" vol.2, no., pp. 31-31, 2015.

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