LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE CHALLENGES OF PRIMARY HEALTHCARE DELIVERY IN KEFFI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF NASARAWA STATE
Rahamat Mililicent Yakubu and Odonye Dauda Yusuf
Volume 4 Issue 1
Abstract
Primary healthcare as a decentralized medical service at the community area in Nigeria is bedeviled with challenges. In other words, this study takes took a critical look at the challenges militating against primary health care delivery at the local levels in Nigeria with reference to Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa state. The study examines the efforts and challenges of Keffi Local Government in improving the health care service in Keffi rural communities. In reference to the methodology of this study, it adopted a survey design with relied heavily on primary source (structured questionnaire) as instrument of data collection, quantitative likert scale of data analysis and Easton’s political system framework for empirical analysis. After data were collected, presented and analysed, the study revealed that primary health care delivery is fraught with challenges (such as inadequate funding, drugs, quality service, corruption and etc.) which stem from the abysmal failures of Keffi Local Government management. The study therefore recommends measures such as improved budgetary allocation, strengthening the supply chain of drugs, enhanced clinical service as conditions imperative for improved health care service delivery in Keffi rural communities of Nasarawa State. Keywords: Health, Policy, Funding, Quality Service and Medical Service
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