Covid-19 containment policies in Nigeria: the role of conflictual federal–state relations in the fight against the pandemic

Ernest Toochi Aniche, Victor Chidubem Iwuoha and Kelechukwu Charles Obi

Review of African Political Economy, 2021, vol. 48, issue 169, 442-451

Abstract: This briefing explores how the administrative fight against Covid-19 in Nigeria, particularly the conflictual political economy of federalism in this mono-product/oil-dependent economy, has shaped the making and implementation of virus containment policies and strategies. The analysis shows that the disconnects between the federal and state governments have blocked a harmonised and coordinated containment response. Instead, the measures to manage the pandemic have worsened the already highly conflictual – as well as dependent and centripetal – intergovernmental fiscal relations between federal and state governments, and among state governments.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2021.1931830

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