The Bakassi Peninsula of Nigeria has been a disputed territory between Nigeria and Cameroon for decades. The territory is characterized by protests, communal conflicts, economic recession with high levels of unemployment, and other hardships. The level of crisis has remained high despite government efforts. This paper explores the use of information technology as an alternative approach to managing the crisis and generating economic development in the region. Questionnaire and interview data were gathered from one thousand and seventeen (1017) respondents who gave insight into the causes of crisis, the major sources of information used by the Bakassi community and the frequency of meeting between the government and the people. Findings revealed that most of the respondents rated information necessity very high (72.68%). The major source of information in the community was grape (75.22%). The government seldom held meetings with the community (5.02%), although the respondents recognized the value of information in reducing crisis (90.56%). None of the respondents was aware of the resettlement agreement between the people and government. The paper recommends that the use of computer and other technologies such as telephone, the Internet including email packed in the rural people’s language could help in effective information gathering, dissemination and dousing the crisis to