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 Whether or not Nigeria is a socialist or welfarist State.  A critical approach by Umar Abdulmumeen kayode (Almudir Official) Introduction A socialist or welfare state is a state in which it government does things in a way that pleases or makes living for their citizen easy. In otherwords, a welfare state is a system whereby the state undertakes to protect the health and well-being of it citizen, especially in financial or social needs by means of grants, subsidies, pensions, free health care and other benefits. The Nigeria system is not conclusively a welfare state and cannot be totally said to be non - welfare state. Nigeria in the sense of a welfare or socialist state has done so many things that if nothing is pointing to the contrary, it would be reasonably said that Nigeria is a socialist state. For instance, the government has made provisions of free basic health care centers across the country of which medication and treatment for all Nigeria citizens were free. Up to t...