E-Readiness of Public Extension Personnel for Service Delivery in Benue State, Nigeria
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 collec...
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Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria
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| author | MICHAEL OLATUNJI OLAOLU Agwu Ekwe Agwu Ivande P. D. Tochi Amara Olaolu |
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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.Effectiveness in extension service delivery is largely a function of the management and networking of information and knowledge, which is dependents on communication technologies. 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 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 hings that the extension administrative staff should encourage the use of emails in exchanging information among staff.
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| spelling | doaj.art-0ffc33ea4b1b405387a20ea90271b9a02022-12-22T03:54:39ZengAgricultural Extension Society of NigeriaJournal of Agricultural Extension1119-944X2408-68512018-06-01222E-Readiness of Public Extension Personnel for Service Delivery in Benue State, NigeriaMICHAEL OLATUNJI OLAOLU0Agwu Ekwe Agwu1Ivande P. D.2Tochi Amara Olaolu3UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA, ENUGU STATEDepartment of Agricultural Extension, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu StateDepartment of Home Science and Management, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, NigeriaGeneral Studies Unit, Godfrey Okoye University Enugu, Enugu State 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.Effectiveness in extension service delivery is largely a function of the management and networking of information and knowledge, which is dependents on communication technologies. 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 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 hings that the extension administrative staff should encourage the use of emails in exchanging information among staff. https://journal.aesonnigeria.org/index.php/jae/article/view/1405 |
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| title | E-Readiness of Public Extension Personnel for Service Delivery in Benue State, Nigeria |
| title_full | E-Readiness of Public Extension Personnel for Service Delivery in Benue State, Nigeria |
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| title_full_unstemmed | E-Readiness of Public Extension Personnel for Service Delivery in Benue State, Nigeria |
| title_short | E-Readiness of Public Extension Personnel for Service Delivery in Benue State, Nigeria |
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