Problems of Internet Utilization by Students in Benue State University, Makurdi, Benue State-Nigeria

This paper examined the problems of utilizing Internet by undergraduate students in Benue State University, Makurdi.  It also looked at the strategies that could be employed in order to improve undergraduate students’ utilization of the Internet. Structured questionnaire was used to elicit responses from 340 undergraduate students who formed the sample population. Findings showed Internet facilities are available in Benue State University, but the number is inadequate; students utilize Internet resources, mainly for education and research purposes; erratic power supply, slow speed, high cost of access/printing, inadequate number of computers and lack of skills are the problems undergraduate students faced in utilizing the Internet. Further findings showed that an alternative source of power, subscription to bigger bandwidth, reduction in cost of access/printing, provision of more computer education/training to the students will help solve the problems undergraduate students encounter in their attempt to utilize the Internet.