This descriptive study investigated the information seeking behaviour of Orphans in Ijamido Children’s Home Orphanage, Ado-Odo Ota Local Government in Ogun State. Examined are information needs of orphans, their source of information, constraints to getting information and their perception on availability of information. The snowball sampling method was used to select 98 respondents. The findings indicated that orphans have information needs; they employed various channels such as radio, television, newspaper, church etc. to obtain information. However, lacks of access to information, delay in getting information among other are constraints to getting information. It is therefore recommended that collective effort should be made in order to provide adequate information materials and professional for effective delivery services to the orphans in orphanage homes and re-integration for better future.
This descriptive study investigated the information seeking behaviour of Orphans in Ijamido Children’s Home Orphanage, Ado-Odo Ota Local Government in Ogun State. Examined are information needs of orphans, their source of information, constraints to getting information and their perception on ava...
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