Information a Tool for Social Advocacy Protection Services for Children in Damaturu Metropolis, Yobe State

Abstract

This study attempted to examine the role play by Information as a tool for social advocacy protection services for children in Damaturu, Yobe State.The study set to determine available types of social protection services in Damaturu Metropolis and how these services reach the children who no interest in education or acquiring any vocational skill that will shape their lives and the involvement of information managers in the dissemination of the knowledge for child protection. The study adopted the descriptive survey design and the population consisted of all the one hundred and ten (110) respondents on child protection and fourty (40) members of the community was used. Structured questionnaire (4-Point likert scale rating) and interview method was employed for data collection. The data were analyzed using frequency counts and mean scores. The finding reveal low level involvement of information managers in packaging, disseminating and communicating knowledge on child protection against social vices by the agencies responsible for designing and coordinating programs. The study also showed dissatisfaction of few teachers and some members of the community over the unavailable access to the knowledge on how to counsel and manage cases of social vices among children when the need arises. The study suggest that adequate integration of the services of information managers into the services of child protection agencies is necessary since their major task is to create and disseminate information to various kinds of information seekers everywhere.