NDLI: Aligning ICT for service delivery in Nigerian local government

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Adeyeye, M. Aladesanmi, T.
Copyright Year	2010
Description	Author affiliation: Department of Local Government Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria (Adeyeye, M.) \|\| Information Technology and Communications Unit, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria (Aladesanmi, T.)
Abstract	Local government (LG) in Nigeria suffers from poor governance, and its corollary - inability to properly administer and deliver services. Though various reforms had been implemented by successive governments, all had yielded little or no results. However, from 1999, the new civilian administration has strongly advocated the use of Information Communications Technology (ICT) at all levels of government to facilitate better service delivery. The paper reviews the challenges facing ICT application and opportunities accruable from it, especially in the area of service delivery. Findings from data in the sampled LGs reveal an incredibly low level of ICT presence and application. Likewise, lack of web presence and web portals has deprived the LGs of efficient delivery of basic services; more so, most councils are riddled with bureaucratic lethargy. And that an implementation of appropriate ICT solutions offers an opportunity for reducing the cost of service delivery, creates easy assess to government information, and facilitate openness and transparency in governance. The paper recommends the development of web based application to harvest data, catalyse data processing, develop capacity building, establish telecentres and integrate the LG councils into the national ICT strategic plan.
Starting Page	1304
Ending Page	1308
File Size	82335
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424477630
e-ISBN	9789532330502
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-05-24
Publisher Place	Croatia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	MIPRO
Subject Keyword	Costs Local government Councils US Government Data processing Communications technology Information technology Portals Business Capacity planning
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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