organisations for competitive edge. While many Nigerian government establishments
have continued to invest on information systems and technologies little is known on
the effect of such systems on the organisation. The study therefore, investigated the
effects of information utilisation on decision-making of senior managers in two federal
government establishments in Abuja, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was
used for the study; the questionnaire was the instrument used while the managers in
two selected federal government establishments in Abuja constituted the population for
the study and the simple random sampling technique was made use of. Out of the two
hundred (200) copies of questionnaire distributed in the two federal government
establishments, one hundred and fifty-seven (78.5%) were returned with valid
responses. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistic, specifically frequencies,
mean, cross tabulation as well as percentages and standard deviation. The findings
revealed that 115 (73.2%) use information at least weekly, administrative information
and planning, monitoring and evaluation information were the most frequently
information utilized by managers for decision making. 148(94.3%) agreed that
information enhances effective decision-making, 118(75.1%) managers agreed that the
major challenge was the scarcity of factual information The on-site assessment
revealed that a very high number of senior managers do not visit the library, one of the
establishments did not have a library as at when this study was carried out. On the
overall, it was revealed that the managers faced challenges in the use of information to
support decision making. The study recommends that government/organization should
establish an information center and stock it with relevant resources in all Federal
Government Establishments to equip the senior managers and all staff with quality
information to enhance their decision making effectivenes
