ICT laws in Nigeria: Planning and regulating a societal journey into the future

Obutte, Peter Chukwuma

doi:10.4314/pelj.v17i1.10

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“…Extant regulation and legal provisions guiding the business of insurance, still remains wanting in the support of the total adoption of ICTs in the processes and operations of insurance business (Obutte, 2014). This challenge is posed by non-existent of standards for the application of ICTs in insurance business, uncertainty of legal issues surrounding ICT adoption, complexity of government regulations, differences in regulatory and legal environment among countries, discrepancy over the legality of electronic signature (Chichernea, 2010;Obutte, 2014;Nicholson, 2019).…”

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Information and Communication Technology in Nigeria Insurance Industry: Developments, Challenges and Prospects

Inyang¹

2021

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Insurance industry provides insurance protection/financial guarantee to the insuring public in a given economy say Nigeria. The existence of risk allowed impetus for the insurance industry. Firms, governments and households act in ways that mitigate the adverse effects of risks on their assets, operations and social responsibilities. Insurance contracts are among the risk management choices of the persons exposed to risks. In Nigeria, the insurance industry is not too popular and needs to build trust and confidence among the insuring public. Information and Communication technology innovations that are changing the manner of doing things have potentials of facilitating, boasting trust and keeping insurance industry relevant. These can be realized via efficient insurance service delivery and innovations. This study using scooping approach aims at examining the level of information and communication technology (ICT) applications in Nigeria insurance industry, and promoting the ICTs in the industry. The study while identifying favourable demography and sustained innovations in ICT in Nigeria recommends sustained interest of the stakeholders towards adoption of ICT in Nigeria insurance industry.

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Information and Communication Technology in Nigeria Insurance Industry: Developments, Challenges and Prospects

Inyang¹

2021

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“…Several scholars agree that in an attempt to improve the standard of tertiary education and to encourage ICT skills acquisition, the Nigeria government has enactment different ICT Acts covering different educational levels (FGN, 2013). Some of the ICT Acts include Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1961, the National Broadcasting Commission Act of 1992, the National Information Technology Development Agency Act of 2001and the Nigerian Communications Act of 2003 among others (Obutte, 2014). This shows that the integration of ICT into instructional delivery in Nigeria educational system is a timely and welcomed development.…”

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Extending the Technology Acceptance Model in the Impact of Vocational Educators’ Gender, Experience and Perception

Edeh

Ugwoke

Abanyam

et al. 2021

JTET

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The study considered extending the technology acceptance model in learning-management-systems in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET): The impact of vocational educators’ gender, experience and perception. A mixed research design was adopted for this study with 1314 TVET educators as the population. A sample of 386 respondents comprising of 234 and 152 vocational educatorsfrom federal and state institutions were selected based on Taro Yamene’s formula afterwards, proportionate sampling technique was used to determine the number of the vocational educators for each institution. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled: “TVET Educators Experience and Perception of LMS Questionnaire” (TEEPLMSQ). The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach’s Alpha which yielded reliability indices of (α = .961); (α = .816), (α = .832) with a high grand coefficient of .80 for vocational educators’ perception, LMS skills possessed and barriers militating against LMS use respectively. Data collected were analyzed using bivariate correlation, regression, and also path analysis through 5000 re-samples bias-corrected (BC) bootstrapping method, as well as confirmatory factor analysis. The result of the study revealed that vocational educators in Enugu and Anambra States of Nigeria perceived LMS as a credible ICT tool that supports the teaching of TVET courses and enhances the transfer of TVET skills to TVET students. The path analytical results revealed that lecturers’ characteristic (experienceand gender) has full mediation effects between the LMS skills possessed and level of LMS usage. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that The TVET educators should adopt LMS in teaching and learning of TVET courses in Nigerian tertiary institutions.

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Information Privacy in Nigeria

Nwankwo

2016

African Data Privacy Laws

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ICT laws in Nigeria: Planning and regulating a societal journey into the future

Abstract: The coverage of ICT goes beyond such activities as programming, networking and analyzing. It enables the usage of computers and related tools to enhance … the quality of life. 1 *

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Information and Communication Technology in Nigeria Insurance Industry: Developments, Challenges and Prospects

Information and Communication Technology in Nigeria Insurance Industry: Developments, Challenges and Prospects

Extending the Technology Acceptance Model in the Impact of Vocational Educators’ Gender, Experience and Perception

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