Volume 59, Issue 328, April 2023

Post pandemic recovery and demographic transformation in Nigeria: A review of policy and alternatives

James Ege Agena¹, Efeurhobo Davis Ochuko²

¹Department of Political Science, Caritas University Enugu, Nigeria
²Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Delta, Agbor, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

We conducted a multilevel review of most recent data from Nigeria’s Center for Diseases and Control (NCDC) (2021) and Nigeria’s Demographic and Health Surveys (NDHS) data from the 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2020 and 2021 in relation to the question regarding post pandemic recovery. Findings suggest that trends in demographic transformation have been a missing policy agenda in post pandemic recovery. To fill this gap, the study made policy recommendations and proposes a demographic transformation model as alternative policy frame for post pandemic recovery and possible mitigation of new wave of COVID-19 outbreak.

Keywords: COVID-19, Demographic transformation, Post Pandemic Recovery, Nigeria

Discovery, 2023, 59, e47d1048

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Published: April 2023