ANALYSIS OF COVID-19 PREVALENCE AND ITS IMPACT ON PUBLIC SERVANTS’ EFFICIENCY IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The study aimed to examine COVID-19 prevalence in Nigeria and how it affects the efficiency of public servants. The data used for this study is mainly secondary and extracted from the website of the Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC). Descriptive statistics and thematic mapping techniques were adopted for this study with results presented in Tables and Maps. Results show that Lagos, Oyo, Edo, Rivers, Kano, Delta, Kaduna, Ogun, Plateau states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja were severely hit by COVID-19 in terms of the total number of both confirmed and deaths cases respectively as at Thursday 13th of August, 2020. Findings also revealed that Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Edo, Delta, Rivers, Kaduna, Kano, Plateau states and Abuja (FCT) were classified as very high-risk states to the pandemic. The findings showed that COVID-19 has affected both the productivity and engagement of civil servants in the high-risk States. Based on these, the study recommends that government should improve their knowledge of understanding, predicting and quickly switching to change when the need arises to enhance survival during a pandemic