FEDERALISM AND NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THE COVID19,

PANDEMIC IN FOCUS.

BY

ADEMOLA DIVINE OLUWAKOREDE

17/27PS/761

OCTOBER 2021

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 FEDERALISM AND NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THE COVID19,

PANDEMIC IN FOCUS.

BY

ADEMOLA DIVINE OLUWAKOREDE

17/27PS/761

A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICS AND

GOVERNANCE, FACULTY OF HUMANITIES MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL

SCIENCE, KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY, MALETE, IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF

THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

(B.Sc.) DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE.

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 DECLARATION

I, hereby declare that this research project titled “FEDERALISM AND NATIONAL

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THE COVID19, PANDEMIC IN FOCUS” is my/ our

own work and has not been submitted by any other person for any degree or qualification at any

higher institution. I also declare that the information provided therein are mine and those that are

not mine/ ours are properly acknowledged.

____________________________ _____________________

Name of Student Signature and Date

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CERTIFICATION

This is to certify that the research project titled “FEDERALISM AND NATIONAL

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THE COVID19, PANDEMIC IN FOCUS” was carried

out by ADEMOLA DIVINE OLUWAKOREDE, the project has been read and approved as
meeting the requirement for the Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Degree in Political Science in the

Department of Politics and Governance, Faculty of Humanities, Management and Social

Sciences, Kwara State University, Malete.

Dr ibrahim.O.Salawu ______________________

Supervisor Date

Dr. Idris Muhammed Danjuma ________________________

Head of Department Date

External Examiner _______________________

Date

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DEDICATION

This research is dedicated to Jesus Christ, my Lord and saviour who has always been there for

me and my family.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I am grateful to the almighty God, the creator of heaven and earth the only wise God who created

me and has hold me this far, I adore him for the success of another step in the haven of

fulfilment.

My graceful appreciation goes to my supervisor Dr. Ibrahim O. Salawu for the useful

instruction, advice and corrections during the course of this research work. I equally appreciate

other lecturers in the department of Politics and Governance, Kwara State University, Malete;

Prof. Abdulrauf Ambali, Dr. Idris Danjuma, Dr. Alabi Abdullahi, Dr. Moshood Salahu, Dr.

(Mrs)Adamu Oyoru, and other staff of the faculty who contributed to the success of this work in

one way or the other.

My most grounded appreciation goes to my parent for their love, prayers, support and sacrifices

for educating and preparing me for the future. I equally appreciate the encouragement of all my

course mate in the Department of Politics and governance.

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TABLE OF CONTENT
FRONT PAGE............................................................................................................

TITLE PAGE............................................................................................................... I

DECLARATION............................................................................................................ II

CERTIFICATION............................................................................................................ III

DEDICATION............................................................................................................ IV

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT................................................................................................... V

TABLE OF CONTENT..................................................................................................... VI

ABSTRACT

CHAPTER ONE

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY.................................................................. 1

1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT .......... ................................................................ 5

1.3 RESEARCH OBJECTIVE............................................................................. 8

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTION ....................................................................... 8

1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS............................................................................. 9

1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY ..........................................................................

1.7 SCOPE OF STUDY........................................................................................ 9

1.8 LIMITATION OF STUDY...... ......................................................................... 10

1.9 DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS....................................................................... 10

1.10 ORGANIZATION OF STUDY....................................................................... 12

CHAPTER TWO

2.2.1 THE CONCEPT OF FEDERALISM............................................................. 13

2.2.2 THE CONCEPT OF NATIONAL INTEGRATION....................................... 19

2.3 LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ................... 21

2.3.1 STRUTURAL FUNCTIONAL THEORY..................................................... 54

2.3.2 SYSTEM THEORY................................................................................... 56

CHAPTER THREE

3.1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 58

3.2 RESEARCH DESIGN .................................................................................... 58

3.3 POPULATION OF THE STUDY .................................................................... 58

3.4 SAMPLE SIZE / SAMPLING TECHNIQUES................................................ 59

3.5 INSTRUMENTATIONS................................................................................. 59

3.6 VALIDITY OF INSTRUMENT....................................................................... 60

3.7. DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES........................................................... 61

3.8 METHOD OF ANALYSIS............................................................................. 62

3.9 ETHICAL CONSIDERATION ............................................................. 62

CHAPTER FOUR

4.1 THE PANDEMIC OUTBREAK AND RESPONSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND

ITS AGENCIES........................................................................................................ 63

4.2 WHAT GOVERNMENT HAS DONE..................................................... 67

4.3 FUNDING THE COVID19 RESPONSE................................................ 71

4.3.2 NIGERIA WILL NEED MORE INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANT............ 73

4.4 WHAT ARE THE POLICY RESPONSE BY THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT .....76

CHAPTER FIVE

5.1 SUMMARY`........................................................................................ 90

5.2 RECOMMENDATION S..................................................................... 91

5.3 CONCLUSION .................................................................................. 94

REFERENCE ...................................................................................... 95

ABSTRACT

With the recent COVID-19 (novel coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, disruptions to governance have
significantly increased. During crises, governments are tasked with responding to highly technical,
complex issues and strong intergovernmental response is critical for stemming the worst damage during
the outset of a disaster. As seen in governmental response to past disasters (Ebola Virus Disease in
Nigeria, in the year 2014, gaps in local, state, and national policies are exposed leading to policy change.
In some cases, these responses produce real change, whereas, in others, fissures in equity, access to
decision makers, and economic rebound are complicated by a lack of strong guidance. The novel
coronavirus poses a worldwide health crisis that demands a holistic response marked by collaborative
planning within and between networks of constituent governments, medical experts, and emergency
managers. As scholars and policymakers grapple with understanding how different governments are
responding to these new circumstances, an exploration of federal states and their response to the evolving
crisis may shed some light on the utility of this form of governance for future disasters.

This Research however focuses on the impact of the Covid19 pandemic on the Nigeria political federal
system, The methodological approach for this work explore both primary and secondary means of data
collection in order to study the roles that the government of various Levels played in order to curb the
pandemic.

This research concluded that Nigeria has everything required to move up in the ladder of development,
the problem with the Nigerian political system are poor leadership interaction, elite political control,
partisan politics, ethnocentric conflict. The research likewise concludes that the only route for
development in Nigeria is Accountability and Transparency.