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Public Administration and Crisis Management in Africa: Evaluating Government Resources to COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria

The COVID-19 pandemic posed one of the most formidable governance and crisis management challenges in Africa’s modern history. In Nigeria, the pandemic exposed structural weaknesses in public administration, including fragile health systems, bureaucratic bottlenecks, corruption, and inadequate preparedness. This study evaluates how Nigerian government institutions managed resources in response to the pandemic, with particular focus on transparency, efficiency, and accountability in crisis governance. The paper investigates the mobilization and distribution of health, financial, and human resou…