IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LEADERSHIP RESEARCH (JPSLR )

E-ISSN 2504-883X
P-ISSN 2695 2432
VOL. 11 NO. 3 2025
DOI: 10.56201/jpslr.vol.11.no3.2025.pg84.93

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Health Politics and Development in Nigeria

Emmanuel Chinedu MacAlex Achinulo, PhD, Rex Emmy MacAlex, BEngr

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Abstract

The study was focused on Health Politics and Development in Nigeria. The central objectives were to evaluate the effective functionality of Nigeria’s Healthcare system, examine the attitudinal behaviour of health workers in Nigerian Hospital, assess the availability, accessibility and affordability of healthcare services in Nigeria and lastly, evaluate the role of the state government and her policies in enhancing adequate and sustainable healthcare service delivery system in Nigeria. The theoretical framework adopted were governance theory and political process theory as complimenting theory. However, propounded by Goran Hyden, (2007) and Francis Fukuyama, (2013), as well as James Q. Wilson, (1980) and Merilee Grindle and John Thomas, (1991), respectively. The research methodology adopted was the secondary method of data sourcing. Findings showed that there has not been proper nor adequate healthcare service delivery system in Nigeria, which is absolutely caused by the type of health politics, policies and lack of political will to improve the health care delivery system in Nigeria, among others. Hence, the study recommended that Nigerian federal, state and local governments should have the political will to formulate health policies and monitor, as well as supervise its implementation or execution to ensure that healthcare services are adequately delivered to reduce death rate and improve manpower productivity in Nigeria, etc.

keywords:

Health, Politics, Health Politics, and Development.

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