SOCIO-ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN KEFFI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF NASARAWA STATE

The advent of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) is raising germane socio-ethical concerns on its impacts socially and morally on the life of those using it. Therefore, this research examined the socio-ethical implications of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State and to be able to do this, this study examine social and ethical influence of technology - their favourable impacts and potential dangers of ICTs in Keffi Local Government Area. Descriptive survey method was adopted. The population consisted of 100 respondents from two cyber café, a group of GSM phones and laptops repairers and some people who the researcher assumed to be knowledgeable in ICT. A 10-item structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The instrument was face validated and the reliability of the instrument was ascertained by testing. One hundred copies of the questionnaire were delivered to the respondents and one hundred copies were completely filled and returned. The data collected were analyses using simple percentages of the number of respondents over number of questionnaire multiplied by one hundred. The research found out that ICT has immense socio-ethical impacts on the way people used their phones, computers and other cyberspace enable gadgets in Keffi Local Government Area. It was found that ICT is a source of job creation for those with one skills other in technology and that ICT reduces the rate of youth restiveness if it benefits are properly channel. Other findings show that ICT encourages laziness and examination malpractice among young people in Keffi Local Government. It also found that the people of Keffi Local Government don‟t read neither do they understand what cyberspace privacy contents are before sharing their personal information on the internet. In the light of all this findings, the study suggests that The Nigerian Cyberspace Centre should conduct public awareness campaign on the relevancy of reading and understanding privacy terms by internet subscribers before sharing personal information on the cyberspace. In addition the study evokes the interest of national and world leaders including Nigerian leaders to harness the benefits of ICT, in other to create job opportunities for her teeming youth and underemployed population and to guarantee a safer cyber society.