Type | Journal Article - The Pacific Journal of Science & Technology |
Title | The Roles of ICT in information processing & National Development in Nigeria |
Author(s) | |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 1 |
Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2008 |
Page numbers | 90-96 |
URL | http://www.akamaiuniversity.us/PJST9_1_90.pdf |
Abstract | The GSM and Computers as agencies of ICT form the backbone of modern day telecommunications in Nigeria, and the entire world at large. GSM, computers, and other agencies of ICT are highly sophisticated, revolutionized, and reliable gadgets, which have come into being as a result of development in electronic world. Current technology has reduced the delay in information, which can now be processed with dispatch. Of remarkable note is the capacity of the GSM network to be used for data computing. The National Policy on Information Technology’s vision was to make Nigeria an information technology-capable country in Africa and a key player in the information society by the year 2005. This paper examines the roles of ICT and related agencies in the overall development of tertiary institutions and Nigeria at large, using Osun State College of Education, Ilesa, as a case study. |
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