INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN SABON GARI LOCAL GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

(A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA STATE)

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Department of Education

ABSTRACT
The study was undertaken to investigate the information management in Sabon Gari Local Government Area Secretariat of Kaduna State. The study examined among others: the types of information generated/acquired in the secretariat, the methods adopted for organizing, storing, retrieving and disseminating information. How information is managed and the reason for managing generated/acquired information in the secretariat. To achieve these, five objectives were set for the study. The research adopted case study method. 200 respondents were selected for the study using non probability sampling techniques, questionnaire, observation and interview were the instruments employed for collecting data. Data collected was presented using frequency distributions, tables, percentages. The findings confirmed the inadequate management of information in the secretariat under study. this was attributes to poor organizations and storage of their generated information, lack of adequate preservative and security measures to sustain generated information and lack of trained professionals to manage to volumes of information generated to provide relevant, accurate and timely access to information needed to support operational activities in the area of study. As a way forward, this study recommended that library ought to be established as a matter of urgency in the secretariats to promote information professionals manage information for easy access to required information needed to achieve the organizational goals.