Digital literacy skills for accessing tradermoni scheme information by the beneficiaries in North East States of Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated digital literacy skills for accessing tradermoni scheme information by the beneficiaries in North East States of Nigeria. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design. The population of the study comprised of 180,000 Tradermoni beneficiaries in the (6) states of North East Nigeria. The sample size of the study was 384 Tradermoni Scheme beneficiaries drown from the six states of the North East Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was adopted. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The data were collected from the respondents and analysed using frequency distribution table and percentages. The findings discovered that the beneficiaries acquired their digital literacy skills through using social media regularly and societal issues and Internet. on the findings of the study, it is concluded that the, TMSB have realized the need for the acquisition of digital literacy skills which could be majorly through Participation in Digital literacy skills Training and Orientation, and encouragement to Use Social media platforms so as to enable them have easy access to TMSI in order to enhance their activities, be relevant and competitive among their counterparts in the business world. The study recommended that training should be geared towards; Communication skills, use of personal apps, Information and Visual skills, Data literacy, ICT gadgets handling, Web design, Graphics designing skills, Digital/online marketing, Copywriting, creating links, Protecting privacy (security) skills, Editing, Internet usage and Social media management skills.