E-Readiness of Public Extension Personnel for Service Delivery in Benue State, Nigeria

Olaolu, Micheal O. and Agwu, Ekwe A and Ivande, Pauline D. and Olaolu, Tochukwu Amara (2018) E-Readiness of Public Extension Personnel for Service Delivery in Benue State, Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Extension, 22 (2). pp. 110-124. ISSN 2408-6851

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Abstract

This study assessed the e-readiness of the public extension personnel in Benue State of Nigeria for effective extension service delivery. Data were collected from seventy-seven (77) personnel randomly sampled. Frequency counts, percentages and mean scores were used to summarize the data collected while e-readiness index was used to assess the overall readiness of the personnel. Result reveals that the majority (74.0%) had HND/ First degree as their highest educational qualification, with an average of 28 years work experience. The technologies available to personnel were alternative power generator (97.4%), computers (72.2%) and e-library (58.4%). The majority (76.6%) of the respondents opined that their computers were not in functional state. On their proficiency of computer usage, power point presentation (M= 2.00), email operation (M= 2.00) and excel spread sheet (M= 2.00) had the highest perceived proficiency. Public extension personnel in the State were barely ready on the resources available (RA = 1.97) and not ready on the accessibility to ICT (AICT = 1.35) and barely ready based on their perceived quality of ICTs (PQICT = 1.69), as well as perceived importance of ICTs (PIICT = 2.14) on the adherence to policies and regulations, they were barely ready (P&R= 1.93). In all public extension personnel in Benue State were barely ready (e-readiness = 1.816). The study among other things recommends among other things that the extension administrative staff should encourage the use of emails in exchanging information among staff.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: A General Works > AC Collections. Series. Collected works
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > Faculty of Law > Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User: mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited: 26 Aug 2025 15:08
Last Modified: 26 Aug 2025 15:08
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5297

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