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Postgraduates' Knowledge, Attitude and Use of Freedom of Information Act in Research

Authors: OJOMO Olusegun , & ATAKITI Ifeoluwa

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Global Media Journal–pakistan Edition

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The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act aims at giving individuals access to public records
and information. It is an Act that could serve as a wealth of tool in the hands of researchers.
The study therefore examined the Knowledge, Attitude and Use of FOI Act by postgraduate
students in academic research. The study was anchored on the libertarian theory. It adopted
the survey research method in gathering data. The simple random sampling technique was
used to select 209 postgraduate students from University of Lagos (UNILAG). From the 203
copies of questionnaire analyzed, the study found that while one quarter (24.1%) of the
respondents do not know about the FOI, majority of the respondents who know about the Act
do not have an in-depth knowledge of its provisions. The study also found that despite the
knowledge that postgraduate students have on FOI, about half of the respondents (49.3%) to
a large extent do not make use of the Act in research. The study thus recommended that the
National Orientation Agency (NOA) in conjunction with the media should do an awareness
campaign on the existence of the FOI Act and its relevance in academic research

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OJOMO,O. ATAKITI,I. . (2018). Postgraduates' Knowledge, Attitude and Use of Freedom of Information Act in Research, 11 (), 1-1.

OJOMO,O. ATAKITI,I. . "Postgraduates' Knowledge, Attitude and Use of Freedom of Information Act in Research" 11, no (), (2018): 1-1.

OJOMO,O. and ATAKITI,I. and . (2018). Postgraduates' Knowledge, Attitude and Use of Freedom of Information Act in Research, 11 (), pp1-1.

OJOMOO, ATAKITII, . Postgraduates' Knowledge, Attitude and Use of Freedom of Information Act in Research. 2018, 11 ():1-1.

OJOMO,Olusegun , and ATAKITI,Ifeoluwa . "Postgraduates' Knowledge, Attitude and Use of Freedom of Information Act in Research", 11 . (2018) : 1-1.

O.Olusegun & A.Ifeoluwa , "Postgraduates' Knowledge, Attitude and Use of Freedom of Information Act in Research" vol.11, no., pp. 1-1, 2018.

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