Politics of healthcare provisioning and the management of covid 19 pandemic in Nigeria

Abstract

The new phase of the global health catastrophe termed covid-19 had ravaged several nations, leaving scientists entangled with the pursuit for a possible solution even when the politicization of this occurrence has further encumbered anticipated result. Politicization of health challenges is resorting to selfish and Nepos tic considerations oppose to the statutory adherence in handling of issues associated to covid-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, politicizing health related matters poses great danger to economic wellbeing of the citizenry and national development. Undue sensitization and publicity of covid-19 pandemic instil discrimination/stigmatization into the population which would negates the ethics/professionalism required of such circumstance.   This paper argues that health challenges in Nigeria are usually politicized and that the novel Covid-19 that ravaged the world was equally politicized in Nigeria and this led to the death of many Nigerians and the destruction of properties worth billions. We employed as the main critical instrument of explanation/analysis on covid-19 pandemic, Marxian Political Economy Approach with substantial reliance on descriptive analysis. It proffers the way forward to forestall reoccurrence of the past experience in Nigeria.