Information
and data has become the basis of knowledge of every group of mankind throughout
the world, as every community existence
depends on their information and data usage .
In view of this scientific development, which is also an attribute of
knowledge, could not be totally divorced from Nigeria, which had either,
enhance socio-economic and scientific development or
inhibits the interaction
of Nigerian values in scientific
development.
This
study highlights the conceptual framework of information and data usage with
regards to Nigeria science policy and their influences on development.
Data and information
It
is inappropriate for systems specialists to use the term ‘data’ and ‘information’ interchangeably. Date can be
defined as groups of non-random symbols
(words, values, figures), which represent things that have happened.
Data are
made up of character which may be
alphabetic, numeric or of special character. For processing purposes,
data are derived form both external and internal sources which are
organized into structures and groups,
files and data base.
Information
is a data that have been processed into a form which is meaningful to the
recipient and which is of real or perceived value in current or prospective
decisions and actions( Odiari Amby
1997).
Usage of information and data in the last century, all
countries went through fantastically swift environmental changes, brought about
by a number of concurrent world wide
revolutions in economic and political affairs, in demographic and social structures, and in science and
technology .
Information and data among other technologies seems to
have transformed considerably many facts of human life than any other
scientific discoveries