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    Causes and perceived socio-economic implications of Rural-Rural migration on Livelihood of some selected Communities in Makwa Area of Niger State, Nigeria.
    (International Journal of Agriculture and Development studies, 3(1), 2018) Salihu, I.T.; Muhammed, H.U.; Abdullahi, A.; Muhammad, U. S.
    The diversity of the ecological features, the varying local resources and location of agricultural activities in rural areas serves the major pull factors for migration directed towards rural areas. The study assessed the causes and perceived socio economic implications of rural rural migration on the livelihood of selected communities of Mokwa area of Niger State, Nigeria. A multi stage random sampling technique was employed to select 120 migrant farmers and non migrants used for the study. The interview schedule was used to elicit information for the study. The responses were analyzed using frequency counts, percentages and mean scores. The results revealed that rural rural migration is mostly undertaken by young adults within the age range of 30 50years and with low level of education. Environmental degradation factors such as infertile land (41.56%), incidences of flood (23.37%) and inadequate cultivable land (15.58%) were the major push factors causing rural out migration. While availability of cultivable fertile land (56.94%) was the major pull factor that attract migrants to the study area. The perceived socio-economic implications of the influx of migrants to the study area were increased rate of crime ( = 4.19), increased political unrest ( = 3.79), high level of sexual promiscuity ( = 3.64), introduction of new diseases ( = 3.31), and increased level of agricultural production ( = 3.27). The major problems encountered by the migrants in the study area were inaccessibility to infrastructural facilities (28.57%), insecurity (25.28%) and difficulty in land acquisition (20.88%). The study recommended that there is need to strengthen awareness campaigns and redirection of policies that can check poor land utilization and unsustainable agricultural practices in rural areas to curb the menace of out migration.
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    Effect of Migration from Analogue (Traditional) to digital (web based) readers’ services in University libraries in Niger state
    (NLA Ekiti State, 2022) Salubuyi, M.A.; Madu, E. C., & Uno, Comfort, A.; Uno, C. A.
    Purpose: This study examined migrating from traditional to web-based readers’ services in university libraries in Niger-State, Nigeria. It is generally believed that there is an ongoing activity of introducing web-based readers’ services in university libraries. Design/methodology//approach: To carry out this research, stratified (proportional random) sampling was used to gather the necessary data. Two research questions and one hypothesis were formulated for the study. Salant and Dillmans method of sample size determination was used to select 381 respondents out of a population size of 27,003 of both users and librarians in some selected academic libraries in Niger-State. A close ended questionnaire was developed which was used to collect the data for this study. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was determined using Cronbach alpha method and it was found to be 0.87. The data gathered from the questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statistic of mean, standard deviation and inferential statistic of Z-test. Findings: The major findings of this study revealed that is a significant difference between the opinions of library users on the migration process from traditional library services in Niger-State. Based on these findings, it was concluded that migration from traditional library services to web based library services is underway in university libraries in Niger-state and the acceptance and usability of this new form of service is slow compared to the available equipment for this new form of service. It was recommended that to ensure better migration process, academic libraries, should update their knowledge in web-based services and also sensitize their users on the availability of these services in their libraries. It was also recommended that special funds should be made available for smooth transition process. Originality/Value: the study has been able to establish that there is an ongoing migration activity from traditional to web based library services in university libraries in Niger state, but the process is not as fast as compared to their counterparts around the world due to certain factors. The results of this research may be useful to tertiary institutions in Nigeria as a whole.