International Research Journal of Education and Technology

The sudden removal of fuel subsidies in Nigeria by Tinubu led the administration to punch hard into the lives of the citizen, especially in the area of health security. The high cost of fuel has resulted in a lack of financial, time and geographical accessibility to health facilities. There is a public outcry among the citizens concerning fuel subsidy removal. Scholars have been more emphatic on the socio economic effect of fuel subsidy removal on the citizenry thereby neglecting health security. It is against this background that the study was therefore set up to look at a survey of the effect of fuel subsidies on health security in Nigeria. The study was a survey as such the instrument of data collection was a structured questionnaire. The structured questionnaire was sent online to the respondents using the snowball sampling technique. Using this method of data collection, about 1153 respondents across the country provided their views on the topic. The data were analysed with the help of SPSS. The study found that the fuel subsidy removal has significantly affected financial, time and geographical accessibility. This means that the fuel subsidy has threatened health security specifically in the area of financial, time and geographical accessibility. The study recommended among others that during the period of removal subsidize public transport to reduce the effect on low income earners and the vulnerable.

Key words: Heath Security, Financial, Time and Geographical accessibility, Fuel Subsidy Removal