Effects Of Fiscal Arrangement On Economic Growth In Nigeria 1990-2020

Fiscal arrangement which is about how government revenue are earned and government expenditure incurred, this study then investigates the effect of fiscal arrangement on economic growth in Nigeria for the period of 1990 to 2020. With the inflow of revenue from the oil sector and non-oil sector, Nigerian economy still suffers economic dwarfism and despite the recurrent and capital expenditure been incurred, the economy still suffers infrastructural epilepsy which warranted the need for this research work. This research used an ex-post facto research design. ADF test was conducted, the Ordinary Least Square regression model and Granger Causality test was employed and findings revealed that both oil and non-oil revenues negatively predicts economic growth indicating that periodic increase in government revenues coincided with a decline in economic growth. Recommendations was made based on findings, is that the government should take a three step approach to tackle the dwarfish growth of the economy. 

On Patterns of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Patients With COVID-19: A Systematic Review of Case Reports.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has various neuropsychiatric manifestations, including psychotic, mood, anxiety disorders, trauma-related disorders, and cognitive disorders, such as delirium. Although the psychosocial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic contribute to an increase in psychiatric comorbidities, the COVID-19 virus is also an independent risk factor. Previous studies have revealed that the virus can invade the neural tissue, which causes an imbalance of neurotransmitters that cause neuropsychiatric symptoms. The aim of this article is to conduct a systematic review to determine the patterns of neuropsychiatric manifestations of COVID-19, discussing the frequency and its impact on pre-existing psychiatric disorders. Thirty-nine case reports were collected and analyzed for a systematic review. They were full-text, peer-reviewed journal publications from November 2020 to February 2021. Fifty-three patients were included in our study. The most frequent symptom was abnormal/bizarre behavior (50.9%), followed by agitation/aggression (49.1%), and the third most common was altered mental status and delirium (47.2%). Only 48% of our patients had a pre-existing psychiatric disorder, including three not formally diagnosed but displayed psychiatric symptoms prior to the COVID-19 infection. Findings suggest a positive correlation of new-onset psychiatric symptoms with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. However, the exact pathophysiology of the virus itself causing neuropsychiatric manifestations needs to be investigated further