Resumen de An empirical model of the attitudes of the public servants in Nigeria to information and communications technology

Oluwole Charles Akinyokun, B.O. Adejo

• This paper is an extract from a research report on the baseline study of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the public sector of Nigeria. It presents the findings on the attitudes of the public servants towards ICT. A sample survey involving fifty five Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (FMDAs); thirty six States and Federal Capital Territory; one model Local Government from each State; thirty seven Universities, forty two Polytechnics and forty three Colleges of Education was carried out. The functional goal was to estimate the extent to which ICT is accepted by the public servants in Nigeria. Questionnaire and interview were two complimentary instruments adopted for data collection. Data analysis was carried out by using factor analysis by principal component of Statistical Package for Social Scientist (SPSS). Six factors were extracted and their percentage contribution to the attitudes of public servants towards ICT was evaluated. The total sum of the percentage contributions of the six factors was found to be less than 100. This revealed that there were some extraneous factors whose related decision variables were not considered in the administered questionnaire.