European International Journal of Science and Technology ISSN: 2304-9693 www.eijst.org.uk 104 Application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Human Induced Crisis Management: The case of Nigeria. Mathias Fonkam & Emmanuel Ukpe School of Information Technology &Computing American University of Nigeria Yola Bypass, PMB 2250, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria Email: mfonkam@aun.edu.ng , emmanuel.ukpe@aun.edu.ng 234-8055024346 & 234-8055103008 Abstract The prevalence of religious and political unrest in Nigeria and suchnegative outcomes as the killing of targeted groups of people, destruction of property,political and social unrest, and adverse economicimpacts for the affected communities should represent one of the primary rationales and motivations for the adoption and development of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) for such critical functions as building awareness, early warning and crisis managementby the government towards preventing and responding to crisis in Nigeria.Not to underestimatethe problem, crisis prevention and management should constitute a significant part of any developmental framework. Unfortunately, religious and political unrest and other human induced catastrophes are commonplacein Nigeria, where information flow is comparativelyslowbecause of limited ICT infrastructures and/or lack of ICT skills to prepare for and respondto crisis in ruralcommunities. This research focuses on identifying the role of ICTs in crisis prevention and management within organizations & communities in Nigeria and proposes some strategies for Government-led initiatives to make this a reality. Introduction Analyzing various transcripts of the June 28, 2013 unrest in Jos, it is clearthat there has been a recurrence of crises in Jos, Nigeria resulting inheavy loss of human life, property damages and an economic stalemate. It has become apparent the need to deploy ICTsfor crisis management: welfare and event logistics,to momentarily move people, information and material assets forsafekeeping. Analysis of the datashowsthat Federal government agencies simplyuse radio and local TV in such emergencysituations in an attempt to put the population in a state of readiness for crisis management. These available media channels: TV, Radio, and to a limited extent, mobile phones, are used mainly in reactive mode in response to acrisissituation. There is very low or next to no utilization of available computing and internet-basedcapabilities. There are many reasons for this low utilization of computing/internet technologies. For one thing there exist very limited operational capability for these technologies; limited ICT skills and connectivity predicaments. An even more pressing reason, we believe, is the lack of appreciation of the special role these technologies play in knowledge management and communication. Against this backdrop, this paper seeks firstly to shed insight on the critical role that ICTs can play as astrategic tool for education and communication to reverse