AN EVALUATION OF E-GOVERNMENT SERVICE USAGE IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

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Rabiu Ibrahim
Shadi M.S. Hilles
Shamsiyya Muhammad Adam
Mamoun M. Jamous
Wael M.S. Yafooz

Abstract

Ease of use as well as comprehensiveness associated with a general public agency’s internet site as well as having the capacity along the individual to finalize work on the web are considered the attributes that compose an efficient internet website. Individual limitations to internet based services comprise personal computer knowledge as well as preference for an additional methods of communication. Nonetheless, the pace related to social development as well as end user acceptance related to cost-efficient wireless equipment’s have proven within the speedy usage of latest technologies. For that reason the progressively speedy take-up related to online services supplies a considerable prospect regarding the private and non-private sectors to shift their services as well as products via the internet. Several public organizations are making their internet websites just like extensions from their classic services. This study, consequently, investigates the essentials in addition to quality related to online public services, electronic government (e-government), as well as residents’ endorsement related to online information as well as services as effective as well as dependable. Consumers ought to be as fully satisfied along with their online experiences completing an activity as they would usually be considering visiting an office

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Internet computing
Author Biography

Rabiu Ibrahim, Faculty of Computer & Information Technology, Department of Computer Science, Al-Madinah International, Malaysia. Collage of Applied Medical Sciences, Basic Sciences Department, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia

Rabiu Ibrahim was born December 07, 1982 in RIngim, Jigawa State Nigeria. He did his undergraduate studies at University of Wales, UK. He received his Bachelor of Sciences with Second Class Upper (Honors) in English in 2007. MSc. from University Technology Malaysia in 2009, and Currently as a PhD. Candidate in Al-Madinah International University. He have worked in many sector including government and privet sector, in and outside the country. Have multiple experiences in culture and environment.

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