Covid-19, Socio-Economic Impact and the Nigerian Government: An Overview
Journal Title: Journal of Quality in Health Care & Economics (JQHE) - Year 2021, Vol 4, Issue 6
Abstract
The outbreak of Covid-19 has both local and global implications with the response at both levels. However, national governments are the major player and device strategy and measures to lessen the negative impact on their populace. This paper carried out an overview of the Nigerian case with emphasis on the social and economic sides vis-à-vis government palliatives response measures. The analytical design was used to critically examine secondary data while the social contract theory was employed as a framework. The findings reveal that the Nigerian government efforts to lessen the adverse effects of the pandemic produced minimal impact due to government unpreparedness, corruption and administrative laxity. It recommends that the Nigerian governments should scale up their level of preparation for emergency situations and ramp up investment in the health sector for better performance amongst others.
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Chukwudi EC and Idowu SS*
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- DOI 10.23880/jqhe-16000247
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