ABSTRACTThis study examine ministry policies and practices with particular references to ministry of finance Sokoto. Taking a critical look at the problems and solution at the ministry, training of staff on ICT and non-training of staff. An extensive review of existing literature was made covering issues like problems of using computers in the ministry. The ministry of finance Sokoto. Prudential guidelines was examine and it was observe that the guidelines succeeded in sanitizing by providing a good result and compelling them to report their tree position furthermore, discriminating activities was observed to contribute to the growing number of ICT problem. Some recommendation put forward for effective raining programme in particular and services in general include the need to properly educate ministry staff on the need for judicious utilization of ICT facilities and the danger inherent in their mis-use, the need for ministry to put in place sufficient laws that would check the abuse of ICT facilities.viii CHAPTER ONE1.0 IntroductionInformation technology it is the technology which support activities involving the creation, storage, manipulation and communication of information together with related methods, management and application. Therefore information, technology may be seen as the broadly based technology needed to support information systems. Broadly speaking organization strives to achieve certain goal for the benefit of their owner or clients. These goals may be expressed in term of objective such as increasing revenues, increasing profit, avoiding costs, or improving services. Such objective will need to be met within various financial constraints, and within the limitation of available resources.In order to reach its objective an organization must be able to plan ahead and control and coordinate its activities for these, it depends on the provision and communication of information. The information is likely to be use must effectively if it is seen as a sources needed to be exploited to the best advantage by the whole organization -and not just by its individual departments. The idea that "the whole can be more than1the sum of its part" lies behind this information system" view of organizations. Whether or not such view is taken, the requirement of providing and communicating information remains. These requirements are met, at least in part by the "Data processing system" within the organizations. Data processing (DP) is the technique of gathering, processing, storing and producing as well as manipulation of data to produce meaningful information.IT management is the discipline whereby all of the information technology resources of a firm are managed in accordance with its needs and priorities. These resources may include tangible investments like computer hardware, software, data, networks and data centre facilities, as well as the staff who are hired to maintain them. Managing this responsibility within a company entails many of the basic management functions, like budgeting, staffing, change management and organizing and controlling, along with other aspects that are unique to technology, like software design, network planning, tech support, etc. information technology, that assortment of technology that enables the conversion of data into information, has had an enormous impact in public organizations and its theoretical foundations. One of the primary impact2 of information technology on public organization is the development of systems theory and its descendants including the study of complex systems, chaos, and complexity theory. Computer capability has enormously advanced the theoretical underpinnings of public organization.The project title “Role of information technology in public management process with particular reference to Sokoto State Ministry of Finance”. Is compendium of the role of the ministry in managing the state funds and the development of the state. The research will discuss the role of information technology and its impacts to the people1.1 Background of the StudyInformation and communication technology is the process of managing the resources of a firm in accordance with its needs and priorities. These resources may include tangible investments like computer hardware, software, data, networks and data centre facilities, as well as the staff who are hired to maintain them. Managing this responsibility within a company entails many of the basic management functions, like budgeting, staffing, change management, and organizing
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