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Abstract:- Sustainable Diversified Economy (SDE) is transmission and disseminating of same. It is the use of
significant in realizing sustainable economic growth in diverse set of technological tools to store, process, transmit
Nigeria. Information and Communication Technologies and disseminate information in diverse formats.
(ICTs) have made landmark innovational trends in
empowering diversified economy globally. Despite these Sustainable diversified economy is of significant
global impacts of ICT on diversified economy, numerous importance in realizing or attaining sustainable economic
investigations have shown that poor sustainability of growth in Nigeria (Uzonwanne, 2015). Researchers have
ICT in Nigeria has hindered economic diversification. noted that a significant relationship exists between
SDE which is the pivot for economic growth, has economic growth and sustainable diversified economy in
remained relatively low or unnourished due to: corrupt Nigeria (Anyaehie & Areji, 2015; Kemi, 2016; Uzonwanne,
policies and practices, ignorance, illiteracy, and bad 2015). On the other hand, Sustainable ICT is what defines
economy that plagued sustainable ICT innovations. In SDE (Adeyemi & Esere, 2013; Oladimeji & Foltyn, 2018),
this study, the authors explored a narrative review that and occupies a significant key position in leveraging SDE
focused on the theoretical underpinnings of vast works (Olise, 2010). Sustainable ICT has significant importance in
of literature that revealed significant information on enhancing the nation’s capacity and potentials required to
impact of sustainable ICT on sustainable diversified effectively cope with society characterized by vigorous
economy, analysis, and synthesis of prior research, and activities, changes, and development. Despite the significant
its adoption and sustainability in Nigeria. The authors importance of ICT technological innovations in Nigeria, its
also used some keywords such as “ICT and SDE”, “ICT poor adoption, usage and sustainability, worsened by
and diversified economy”, “Trends for ICT”, and so on, corrupt practices, is ravaging virtually every system in the
to extract peer-reviewed articles within the last five nation, especially SDE and economic growth in Nigeria.
years from electronic databases. The result of this study
revealed that strict adherence to policies, laws and A. Problem Statement
guidelines on the adoption and sustainability of ICT Our purpose in this study was to identify the
coupled with good formulation and communication of challenges of sustainable ICT that negatively impact
same, are the major impact of sustainable ICT that can sustainable diversified economy in Nigeria. Although ICT
leverage SDE in Nigeria. Result from this study may per se is not a relevant explicative variable for social
increase understanding, minimize corrupt practices and change, but in context, certainly, ICT is a good enabler of
encourage trust in ICT innovations, ICT adoption, enablers (Laureate Education (Producer), 2012f), and a good
acceptance and sustainability that can positively impact derivative of social and economic restructuring (Okafor
SDE and economic growth in Nigerian. & Ezeani, 2012). This is because sustainable ICTs provides
impressively great impact in virtually all areas and services
Keywords:- ICT, SDE, Adoption, Sustainability, Trends, that are ICT dependent. It takes sustainable ICT to bring
Trust, Corruption. about sustainable and diversified economy (Yang, et al.,
2014). It takes sustainable ICT, evident in individual’s and
I. INTRODUCTION people’s ability to use, manage, evaluate and understand, to
drive the required SDE. One significant setback of SDE in
ICT can be defined as a tool, and a means for data and Nigeria is poor adoption and sustainability of ICTs that
information collection, storage, processing, transmission significantly define sustainable SDE. The general IT
and dissemination (ToAnyakoha, 2005). This definition problem postulated in this study was the poor performance
emphasized two key aspects of ICT: ICT as a tool for data or sustainability of the SDE majorly due to corrupt practices
and information collection and storage, and for the and policies that have hindered proper adoption, usage and
improvement of the organization's efficiency information sustainability of ICT in Nigeria. The specific IT problem is
transmission and dissemination. Asabere and Enguah that some ICT policies, laws, guidelines and value system
(2012), also defined ICT as the physical devices and on the adoption and sustainability of ICT coupled with
infrastructures used for the collection, storage, processing, formulation and communication of same, do not favor SDE
and disseminating of all forms and formats of data and because such policies and practices are rendered impotent
information, and the required platforms or means for the by corrupt practices, ignorance, illiteracy, and bad economy.
65%
70%
60%
Percentage
Fig 1:- Some Statistical Facts That Points to Impact of Poor Sustainable ICT on SDE in Nigeria