Information Behaviour and Political Participation of Women in Ijebuland of Ogun State, Nigeria

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

© 2015 by SSRG - IJHSS Journal

Volume 2 Issue 4

Year of Publication : 2015

Authors : Fagbe, AbimbolaOyindamola , OgbuiyiSussan Udoaku , OgbuiyiDarlina Chima and OrioguChuks Daniel

10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V2I4P105

How to Cite?

Fagbe, AbimbolaOyindamola , OgbuiyiSussan Udoaku , OgbuiyiDarlina Chima and OrioguChuks Daniel, "Information Behaviour and Political Participation of Women in Ijebuland of Ogun State, Nigeria," SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 2,  no. 4, pp. 30-37, 2015. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V2I4P105

Abstract:

The paper investigated information behaviour and political participation of women in ijebuland of Ogun state, Nigeria.Six research questions guided thestudy and the data collection instrument used was the questionnaire, the study adopted survey research method.The findings of the study revealed that 70% of the respondents participated actively in politics and belong to a political party known as CAN (Action Congress of Nigeria). The study shows that information sources like Radio/Television, Books/Library, Newspaper/Magazine etc are readily available and often consulted by the respondents. Also the respondents indicated that they actively participates in the party meetings, women orientation and empowerment programmes and their information needs are basically on political issues, economic issues, marital responsibilities and empowerment programs. However, majority of the respondents indicated that education, economic factors, gender issues etcare the major hindrances to their information behaviour and political participation. Therefore, the study recommends that special emphasis should be laid on mandatory and free education of the girl child, making it the corporate responsibility of all parties involved in nation building from immediate family, the community, the society and the governments at all levels.

Keywords:

Information behaviour, Political participation, women, Ijebuland, Ogun state

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