Assessing the Relationship Between ICT Infrastructure and Educational Communication for Sustainable Urban Development in Ekiti State, Nigeria

Abstract

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Infrastructure is an important tool that is essential in promoting educational communication (EC) and sustainable urban development (SUD). In this paper, the aim was to evaluate the relationship between ICT Infrastructure (ICTI) and EC in the context of SUD in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The research design employed was the descrip tive cross-sectional survey design where some educational institutions in Ado-Ekiti, Oye-Ekiti, Ikere-Ekiti, Ikole-Ekiti, and Ijero-Ekiti, including Ekiti State University (EKSU), Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Federal Polytechnic and secondary schools were chosen. Determination of sample size was done where the sample size determined was 427, while 420 responses were found to be valid. The respondents were students, lecturers, teachers, and ICT personnel. In the process of data collection, the use of structured questionnaire was done where the questionnaire was developed in the context of ICTI, ICT accessibility (ICTA), ICT utilization (ICTU), EC, and SUD. Cronbach’s alpha for the test of internal consistency of the instrument was found to be 0.91. Regression analysis showed that there was a high degree of positive relationship between ICT and EC (R = 0.846, R² = 0.716,  β= 0.846, F = 1053.83). Hence, it can be stated that ICTI is significantly associated with EC in the chosen educational institutions. It is recommended by the study that ICTI is a means through which better EC and sustainable development can be achieved.



Received: 6 July 2026 | Revised: 23 September 2026 | Accepted: 14 October 2026



Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest to this work.



Data Availability Statement

Data are available from the corresponding author uponreasonable request.


Author Contribution Statement

Olarewaju Peter Ayeoribe: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Visualization, Project administration. Olaitan Akinsanmi: Supervision, Project administration. Adebimpe O. Esan: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision. Bolaji A. Omodunbi: Supervision, Project administration. Ayodele S. Oluwole: Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources. Olumayowa A. Ojo: Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources.