Impact Of Public Expenditure On Maternal Mortality In Nigeria:- Ndubuisi Deborah

ABSTRACT

 This paper examines the impact ofPublic expenditure on maternal mortality in Nigeriafrom 1981 - 2018. The. objective ofthe. study is to look at the different government expenditure on maternal mortality and its j impact on the economic growth in Nigeria. Secondary data were collected based on the model used in the research work and unit root test was conducted on the data to test their stationary, after which we perform co-integration.test to analyze the long run relationship among the variables. The result obtainedfrom our •, empirical analysis.shoiy's that government expenditure on maternal mortality have positive significant ■ 'j: impact on the economic growth in Nigeria. The study therefore recommend that government at all levels should increase its expenditure on health so as to ensure quality and good health for the masses which will return help to boast economic activities and subsequently lead to increase in economic growth. \\bstriict • Keywords: Maternal Mortality, Government, Nigeria, Expenditure, Economic Growth, Health