Communication and Social Inclusion Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria


Keyword : Communication, Advocacy, Social Inclusion, Disabilities


Author(s) : AKPAN Church S., Ph.D & EFFIONG Umo U., Ph.D

Abstract :   

This study is on communication and social inclusion advocacy for persons with disabilities in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, tagged, “Opportunity Equalization Campaign for Persons with disabilities”. The aim is to promote equal opportunities for persons with disabilities in terms of fundamental human rights, goods, and services that are enjoyed by the generality of the people. The uses and Gratifications theory of Communication was adopted and used for the study as a framework to guide and systematically relate findings to the entire study. The population comprises all the people with disabilities in Akwa Ibom State. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 483 respondents from the three senatorial districts of Uyo, Eket, and Ikot Ekpene in Akwa Ibom State. The instrument for data collection was a 4-point Likert scale questionnaire of agree, strongly agree, disagree, and strongly disagree constructed on 15 item questions. Out of 483 copies of the questionnaire administered to the respondents, 436 copies were properly filled and returned for analysis. Data were computed, verified, processed, and analyzed with the aid of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software package for Windows using frequency and simple percentages. The results indicate that the inclusion campaign had positive effects on people with disabilities.

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