Globalisation of Disease The Political and Socio-Economic Impact of Covid-19 in Enugu State, Nigeria

Abstract

Globalisation is the integration of the universe into a uniform world order. This ideology of globalism includes politics, economy, environment, wars, security, culture, health etc. The merits of globalisation are many, so do the demerits. The constant web of interaction among state and non-state actors across international borders has heightened among other things the transmission of diseases from one country to another. The speed at which the corona virus spread across the globe within months of its outbreak in Wuhan China has added to the numerous demerits of globalisation. The COVID 19 pandemic has affected the economy and social wellbeing of individuals, firms and even countries. Nigeria has gotten a fair share of the impact of this dreaded disease and the attendant negative consequences on her political, social and economic activities. This paper analyses the impact of the disease on the socio-economic spheres of the Nigerian state within the framework of globalisation. We made use of the secondary source of data gathering and qualitative analytical method for this research. The paper argued that the interdependence of states and societies has worsened an already depressed and struggling Economy of the Nigerian State. Relying on the dependency theory as our theoretical tool, we inferred that COVID-19 has further devastated the already bad socio-economic condition of Nigeria.