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    Community Perceptions and Trust in Government Measures during Covid-19 Pandemic in Kwara State, Nigeria
    (Faculty of Social Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria., 2023-06) Abdullahi Kayode Ibrahim,; Habeeb Abdulrauf Salihu,; Atiku Abdulateef Abiodun,; Abdulbaqi Salihu Zakariya,; Tejideen Toyin Olayinka,; Abubakar Abdulsalami
    The spread of the novel Cursen vins discese (COVID-1) has come and petnina coumalties across the world, particularly, Nigeria. Nigeries Goverment, in collaborations Nigeris Centre fir Disease Control (NCDC), has introduced different preventive me control and mitigate the scourge. The public health directives and regulations provided by the authorized agencies such as the MCDC, which includes measures such as regular hand wadog wearing of nose matk and maintenance of physical distancing has been met with some public criticisen and as a result the directives were ignored and violated in Kwanstatt even is the fof law enforcement agents. Thus des study examines the community perceptions and m governnseni mesures during COVID-19 pundemic in Kwara State Nigeria. The reses desig ward both exploratory and descriptive wing qualitative resesech method. In-depth inte was used to generate qualitative data frons forry (40) participants. The population of the y comprises participants such as Market then and women from three selected market aras ATM unces and highway drivers and passengers. Content analysis reveals factors which onder government preventive efforts and these include, poor compliance attitude, mythan misconceptions, inadequite health facilities, datred for government, as well as the general belief that the vinn in not real but it was meant for the elites in Nigeria and beyond The rcccenmonds, among others, that there is need to ameliorate the adverse effects of COVID-19 conceptions and myths through evidence-based campaigns using all sources of information