GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT
The study sought to assess the mitigating against COVID 19 pandemic effects in Akwa Ibom State through provision of adequate palliatives as perception of social scientists in Akwa Ibom State. The research design used for this study was a Survey. The research area for this study was Akwa Ibom State. The population of this study comprised all social scientists. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 50 respondents as the sample size. The instrument used for data collection was an interview schedule titled “COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ADEQUATE PALLIATIVES QUESTIONNAIRE” (CPAPQ). Cronbach Alpha technique was used to determine the level of reliability of the instrument. In the trial test, a total of 10 respondents who did not form part of the main study were randomly selected. The reliability coefficient obtained was 0.84 and this was high enough to justify the use of the instrument. The exercise took about six days. The researcher subjected the data generated for this study to appropriate statistical techniques such as descriptive analysis and simple regression. The test for significance was done at 0.05 alpha levels. The study therefore concluded that the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic has caused so much harm to the people, many have lost their jobs resulting in high cost of leaving Nigeria’s government has an obligation to protect people’s right to an adequate standard of living, including adequate food and nutrition, the highest attainable standard of health, and the right to social security by the provision of palliative which will help mitigate the effect of Covid-19 pandemic among the people of Akwa Ibom State. In conclusion, there is significant effect of palliative in mitigating COVID-19 Pandemic. The study recommended that Nigeria’s federal government should urgently develop a plan to deliver social and economic assistance to the tens of millions of people who will lose income due to COVID-19, particularly informal workers who lack an adequate social safety net.
KEYWORDS: Mitigation, Covid-19 Pandemic, Adequate Palliatives