BAYERO UNIVERSITY, KANO

FACULTY OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND
INFORMATION SCIENCE

BELLO BASHIR MOHAMMED

EDU/13/LIS/00478
COURSE: 2202
INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
QUESTION
PROBLEMs ASSOCIATED WITH SEARCHING
INFORMATION IN NIGERIA
INRODUCTION
The Internet is the global system of interconnected
computers networks that use the internet of
protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide. It
is a network of network that has consist of
private,public academic,business and government
network of local to global scope, linked by a broad
array of electronic, wireless and optical networking
technologies. The internet carries an extensive
range of information resources and services such as
the inter-linked hypertext document and
application of world wide web (WWW) electronic
mail,telephony and file sharing.

The internet gegan in 1969 as ARPANET (Advanced

Resources Project Agency Network) military
intelligent and research with universily sources. The
internet has since the 1990s became a widely used
civilian tool for communication, research,
entertainment, education, advertisement etc.(
Hinson 2006).
The internet accessibility and use in Nigeria started
in 1991 when a few pioneering groups began after
limited email services (Eshekels Association, 2011).
In July 1995 the regional information network for
Africa (RINAF) commenced internet services at
computer sciences department of Yaba College of
Technology and through the Nigerian Postal
Services (NIPOST). In a collaborative effort with
Rose Clayton Nigeria limited (Adami 2005) the
internet services at that time included email, telnet.
Internet users had to pay for both accsess and
usage for sending and receiving email messages
with the billing of message being sent.most of the
internet services providers (ISPs)then operated as a
store forward messaging system using linux Unix
copy protocol (UUCP) (Adami 2005).
The world wide web (WWW) became available in
Nigeria In 1996, while full internet services became
available in 1998 and number of Nigerian
Communication Commission (NCC) licensed internet
service providers rose to over 150 by 2001 (Adami
2005). With an estimated total population of 140
millionpeople (National Population Commission)
2006.
According to Nwagu el-al (2009) the internet
services as sources of information for literature
reviews, authors search subject search, and
research.

Problem associated with searching information in

Nigeria.

1. Pervasive power outages;

The power situation in the country has further
compounded the woes of the few ISPs and
cyber cages operating in the country. With very
unreliable power in the country operators are
left with no choice but to acquire and rely
constantly on generators expanding huge
gallons of fuels daily,in order to distribute
 internet to offices, homes or cafes for
subscribers.
2. Low-speed and time consuming internet
Out of 10 million estimated internet users in
Nigeria broadband users are few. High speed
broadband receivers fiber optic cables. The
situation should, however improve as there are
a number of projects underway to connect
African countries with the rest of the world
through undersea cables which is hoped wil
eventually lead to affordability and fast speed.
3. High cost of getting internet
Internet doesnt come cheep in Nigeria. As it
stand it is arguably the pressure of the rich who
often have acess from their homes. One of the
reasons for the high cost of connecting to the
internet is the cost involved in using satelight
due to lack of cable infrastructure most internet
traffic in Nigeria often homes need to be routed
by setlight via North America and Europe
website.
4. High level of ICT illiteracy
Although it must be said that ICT knowlegede in
Nigeria is growing and being embraced, yet,
there remain a large majority of rural
population that have not seen firsthand the
immense benefits of the internet.
5. Increasing competition
Traditional internet services providers are
beginning to face increasing competition from
internet services offered by mobile operators.
Meaning, the introduction of (3G) services in
the country has enabled many Nigerians in
access the internet through mobile devices.
Meanwhile, access to telecom services is not
necessarily releint on new cabling while only 4
percent of people in the country have fixed
telephones lines. 30 percent have cell phones.

6. Lack of internet ready PCs

Nigerians are not provided with internet
ready PCs as done in the advanced
countries.though Zinox computers a computer
manufacturers and leading (CDMA) telecom
operators are joining forces to make this
available and other efforts are currently being
made with much of this still remain in
doldrums.
Conclusion
The Federal Republic of Nigeria commonly
referred to as Nigeria it is in west Africa
bordering Benin in the west,Chad and
Cameroon in the east ,and Niger in the north
lies on the gulf of