PUBLIC PERCEPTION ON GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS) ON THE CONTROL AND SPREAD OF COVID -19 IN THE NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA
PUBLIC PERCEPTION ON GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS) ON THE CONTROL AND SPREAD OF COVID -19 IN THE NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA
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2017-03
Authors
Ahmed, Idris Jamo
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Public Administration Research Conference‟ Organized by the Center for Public and Nonprofit Management. 15th Annual Research Conference, “Public Service in Times of Uncertainty: of upholding our ideals of justice, inclusion, and public purpose‟‟, University of Central Florida (UCF), USA
Abstract
The emergence of COVID -19 pandemic has imposed multiple challenges across the globe.
Lockdown measure is one of the strategies employed by the Nigerian government to limit the
spread of the pandemic. But the lockdown has increased the long existing precarious situation of
the ordinary Nigerians. In response to this, the federal government planned to spend 500 billion
naira ($1.2 billion) COVID -19 intervention fund and also proposed to create a 50 billion naira
($163 million) fund to fight and reduce the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Nigerians.
But preliminary study indicates that the COVID -19 palliative measures have been politicized.
The research adopted mixed method research design utilized both qualitative and quantitative
data. Both primary and secondary sources of data were utilized. Findings of the research shows
that government and NGOs‟ COVID -19 palliative intervention measures have not adequately
reduced public suffering amidst of COVID -19 pandemic in Northwestern Nigeria. Findings of
the research shows that government and NGOs‟ COVID -19 palliative intervention measures
have not sufficiently reduced public suffering amidst of COVID -19 pandemic in Northwestern
Nigeria. The research recommended that more coordinated efforts should be enhance among all
tiers of government and NGO toward reducing the spread of COVID- 19.
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Public Administration Research Conference‟ Organized by the Center for Public and Nonprofit
Management. 15th Annual Research Conference, “Public Service in Times of Uncertainty: of
upholding our ideals of justice, inclusion, and public purpose‟‟, University of Central Florida
(UCF), USA. 18th – 19th March.