The Travails of Social Enterprise in Promoting Social Justice in Nigeria’s Healthcare System: Implication for Sustainable Peace

Okoli, Rowland Chukwuma (2016) The Travails of Social Enterprise in Promoting Social Justice in Nigeria’s Healthcare System: Implication for Sustainable Peace. In: 2016 GO UNI Annual Youth Peace Conference.

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Abstract

This paper identified social enterprise as one of the channels used by faith-based civil society organizations (CSOs) to mitigate social injustice in the society. The paper adopted documentary approach to collect data from secondary sources which was completed by primary data collected via Key Informants (KI) interview. With specific focus on Nigeria, the paper argues that social injustice is manifest in Nigeria’s healthcare system as a large proportion of the citizens are unable to access quality and affordable healthcare owing to the adoption of neoliberal development strategy by the Nigerian state. Meanwhile, effort by the CSOs to promote social justice in the healthcare system via establishment of hospitals and health centers has not yielded desired results due to a lot of challenge the social enterprises are yet to surmount. The paper averred that inability of majority of the citizen to access quality healthcare is a form of structural violence that undermines peace in the society. It calls for synergy between the CSOs, community based organizations (CBOs), government and international organizations to enable the social enterprises participate in providing affordable healthcare to the masses.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User:	mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited:	18 Apr 2019 13:09
Last Modified:	18 Apr 2019 13:09
URI:	http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/1178

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