GOVERNANCE, TRIPLE-HELIX AND COVID-19 MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA
GOVERNANCE, TRIPLE-HELIX AND COVID-19 MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA

Summary/Abstract: The study investigates how governance has impacted on “triple-helix model” for managing the Covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria. The study relied on the researcher's observation of the issues and matters arisen in the continuing Covid-19 pandemic, and secondary data on the subject matter. The study revealed that Covid-19 has led to the death of many Nigerians, while those who are still living are in fear, and that as at the time Nigeria recorded its first case of Covid-19, there was virtually no facility on the ground to combat the infectious disease. The study further showed that the triple-helix model of cooperation among the University-Industry-Government that could have helped in curtailing the pandemic is not well harnessed. The study also revealed that the lockdown that follows the outbreak of Covid-19 shattered the means of livelihood of many Nigerians, while many sectors of the economy are badly affected; the lockdown imposed was not successful as many Nigerians have no home to stay, while others who lived on the income they earn daily defied the orders for fear of been killed by hunger; the palliative offered by the government was marred with irregularities, as there is no reliable or accurate statistics and demography data that could have aided the judicious distribution of the palliative. The study concluded, that the continued rise in the number of Covid-19 cases, with limited health capacity to mitigate it is not only a threat to the lives of the citizenry but also has the tendency of escalating beyond control. The study, therefore, recommended, that the country's leadership should go back to the drawing board to re-assess the pandemic in other to strategize a formidable approach to halt the noxious disease, while attempt should also be made to provide quality governance in Nigeria.

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