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Item Disinformation, Fake News, and the prolonged Academic Staff union of Universities strike: The Nigerian Universities’ story(2024) F.J. Abduldayan; S.O. Abu; R.S. Ahmed; M.A. Gomna; M.A. Salubuyi; P.O. Chuks-IbeInformation literacy skill is essential for everyone especially at this age of information overload where it is often difficult to sieve the truth out of the numerous information dissemination channels available on the Internet. Librarians and libraries are at the forefront of ensuring that only should accurate, timely, and reliable information is offered to their users. However, the scourge of disinformation and fake news has created a huge gap which libraries and librarians are expected to fill. The study examined the impact of disinformation and fake news on the prolonged Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike in Nigerian universities. Secondary data was gathered from the report by ASUU National executives and Government officials from the Ministry of Education and Labour at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Also, reactions from Nigerian students to some of the information on the Internet was mined from Twitter. Content and thematic analysis was done on the gathered data using the Braun & Clarke thematic analysis approach. The findings of the study provided a framework that can be adopted to fill information and communication gap between the university union, the government, and Nigerian students in order to limit the effect of disinformation and fake news on the public and the Nation at large. Also, the result of the study showed the reports from Government officials, Academic Staff Union of University and students’ perspectives. The study recommended that libraries should have official social media handle where current information be disseminated regularly.Item CHALLENGES OF RENTAL HOUSING AFFORDABILITY BY TEACHERS IN MINNA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA.(International Anatolian Scientific Research Congress, Kayseri – Turkey, 2022) Falilat Abdulmalik; Rukaiyat Ogunbajo; Sekinat AbdulkareemAffordable housing has become a serious and considerable challenge especially for low incomes households which resulted from continue growth and expansion of the urban centre. There has been a serious threat to rental accommodation in the urban areas especially to certain grade of workers whose income in most cases are based on their salaries. The challenge becomes not only to provide the houses but to make the houses affordable to the average Nigerian worker. The study examined the challenges of rental housing affordability by teachers in Minna, Niger state, Nigeria. Data were collected from 927 teachers between grade levels 07-17 in 20 purposively selected public secondary schools within Minna metropolis. Information were obtained on the annual income, property rental value and challenges of rental housing affordability by teachers in the study area. Appropriate descriptive and inferential statistics were employed in analyzing data collected. The study revealed that there was a positive significant correlation between annual income and property rental value of the teachers, which implies that as long as there is increase in annual income of teachers, property rental value of teachers in the study area will increase. Lastly, high cost of building materials among others is the strongest predictor of rental value and thus a key contributor to explaining the level of rental housing affordability of teachers in the study area. Among other recommendations to reduce the rental values of properties occupied by teachers in the study area, government should implement existing staff housing programme. While implementing this programme, various income groups should be put into consideration. Emphasis should also be placed on low and medium housing units specific for teachers. This will reduce the housing cost thus making it more affordable to many teachers.Item INCOME,SAVINGSANDINVESTMENTPATTERNOFSMALL-SCALE AGRO-BASEDENTREPRENEURSINKADUNASOUTHLOCAL GOVERNMENTAREAOFKADUNASTATE,NIGERIA(School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology Federal University of Technology, Minna, 2022-12-13) Oseghale, A.I., Jirgi, A.J., Ogaji, A., Ibrahim, F.D., Godwin D.E.The study aimed at analyzing the income, saving and investment pattern of small-scale agro-based entrepreneurs in Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A total of 102 respondents were randomly selected from four wards in the study area using a multi stage sampling procedure. Primary data were collected using well-structured questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics (such as frequency distribution, percentage, and mean), and Likert Scale Entrepreneurs in the study area were engaged in selling food stuffs with average entrepreneurial experience of 6years with average monthly income and savings of N39190 and N26759 respectively. Majority(40.2%) invested within N101000 - N200000 in their businesses.Item Towards a Reliable Metadata: Enhancing Data Integrity of Institutional Repositories in the Era of Information Explosion in Nigeria(DC Paper, 2024) Jeremiah Agada Enenche.; Samuel Jimmy Udoudoh.; Abduldayan, F. J.; Ogochukwu T. EmiriAmid Nigeria's information explosion, institutional repositories stand as crucial infrastructures for managing and preserving scholarly output. This study explores metadata integrity within Nigerian institutional repositories amidst challenges such as inconsistent standards, accuracy issues, and the lack of quality control. Through an investigative approach utilising data from OpenDOAR, the study identifies 23 institutional repositories out of the 265 NUC-approved universities in Nigeria, highlighting a low adoption rate of repositories. DSpace emerges as the predominant repository software of choice (87.5%), with journal articles being the most common content type. The study recommended increased adoption of institutional repositories in Nigeria, standardization, enhanced metadata practices, and continuous evaluation. Implementation of these recommendations can bolster repository efficacy, uniform metadata schema, better interoperability, and visibility, and enhance research impact nationally and internationally.Item Towards a Reliable Metadata: Enhancing Data Integrity of Institutional Repositories in the Era of Information Explosion in Nigeria(22nd International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications is organised by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2024) Agada Enenche, J.; Jimmy Udoudoh, S.; Abduldayan, F. J.; Ogochukwu T. EmiriAmid Nigeria's information explosion, institutional repositories stand as crucial infrastructures for managing and preserving scholarly output. This study explores metadata integrity within Nigerian institutional repositories amidst challenges such as inconsistent standards, accuracy issues, and the lack of quality control. Through an investigative approach utilising data from OpenDOAR, the study identifies 23 institutional repositories out of the 265 NUC-approved universities in Nigeria, highlighting a low adoption rate of repositories. DSpace emerges as the predominant repository software of choice (87.5%), with journal articles being the most common content type. The study recommended increased adoption of institutional repositories in Nigeria, standardization, enhanced metadata practices, and continuous evaluation. Implementation of these recommendations can bolster repository efficacy, uniform metadata schema, better interoperability, and visibility, and enhance research impact nationally and internationally