The Neoliberal State and Management of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Nigeria

Author:

Okolie Aloysius-Michaels12,Nnamani Kelechi Elijah2ORCID,Ononogbu Olihe Adaeze3ORCID,Nwoke Ikemefuna Sunday3ORCID,Nzekwe Florence Ifeoma3,Ike Chinedu Cyril3ORCID,Ngoka Ruth Obioma3ORCID,Okoro Chinonso Akudo3,Ekwu Hope Olilanya3

Affiliation:

1. Enugu State University of Science and Technology Nigeria Agbani

2. University of Nigeria Department of Political Science Nigeria Nsukka

3. University of Nigeria Nigeria Nsukka

Abstract

Abstract This study examines how neoliberalism affected the management of Covid-19 in Nigeria. As a result of its emphasis on privatisation and austerity, neoliberalism discouraged social investment programmes and provisioning. The privatisation of Nigeria’s health sector severely stifled health financing, which led to the collapse of public health institutions and the proliferation of private and informal health delivery systems. It limited universal access to quality healthcare, worsened the health conditions of poor Nigerians and rendered the health sector incapable of managing emergency health situations, such as Covid-19. The absence of well-coordinated social investment programmes to cushion the effects of lockdown widened social inequality and misery, making it impossible for citizens in the informal economy to adhere to the Covid-19 guidelines. The state responded with repression to enforce the rules. This study recommends overhauling the Nigerian state and its political economy as a condition for reducing citizen’s vulnerability to a pandemic.

Publisher

Brill

Subject

Political Science and International Relations,Development,History

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