free, fee based and value added information

These kinds of services are not working in Nigeria, not really because of the poor situation of the country but to the value placed on information. Once high value has been placed on information, them there will be always ways to access such services.
Some fee based information are not actually information that are scarce or difficult to find but the brokers do have means of getting such information and collating them together for the user to access, thereby saving the user valuable time that may be spent if such information are to be sought for by themselves.
I am of the opinion that certain information need not be made available for free, because do not value information they get for free, once some value in form of cash or otherwise has been placed on information, there is a higher possibility that such information will be valued, however in some environmental locations some information need to be made available for the progress and benefit of the users. A piece of information that is of value to one user may not be actually valuable to another.
Value can also be added to some information, so as to make the user make proper use of them and also as a way of sourcing for a means of lively hood by the person selling such information.
In Nigeria value has not been placed on information as compared to other countries, there is the need to have proper legislation that will make selling information very viable and laws that will protect the suppliers of such information. Some information that can be made available can expose some wrongdoing taking place somewhere and those concerned may tend to sabotage such efforts.
Finally there should be infrastructure put in place such as availability of power, research and ICT centers in various parts of the country as information service providers for revenue generation.

Gwary E.B
MIM/EDUC/12102/08-09