Political Economy of Covid-19 and the Global Health Security in Africa: The Experience of Nigeria

Abstract

The explosion and outbreak of COVID-19 in the world as well as Nigeria cannot be overemphasized. The frequency of the spread of COVID-19 across the continents of the world was massive and enormous. The study examines the political economy of COVID-19 and the Global Health security in Africa: the experience of Nigeria. This study uses secondary sources of data as its data collection. The study adopted liberal institutionalism as a theoretical framework of analysis. The following findings were discovered as the impacts of the COVID-19 in Nigeria. These are as follows: businesses in Nigeria were affected as the Federal Government of Nigeria announced country’s nation-wide lockdown, economic situation of Nigeria was worsened and poverty rate in Nigeria was heightened. The study advanced the following recommendations: Nigeria’s health sector should properly be equipped with modern day technology; Nigeria’s medical personnel should be totally and holistically trained and retrained. Keywords: Political Economy, Covid-19, Health Security. DOI: 10.7176/IAGS/96-03 Publication date: August 31 st 2022