DOI: 10.21276/sjpms.2018.5.2.8

Pages: 149-156

This study examined the impact of federal government expenditure on health, agriculture and transport and communication on the rate of infant and maternal mortality in Nigeria between 1989 -2016. The statistical tools employed in this study includes: the Unit root test, Granger Causality Tests and the least square regression analysis. The findings of the study showed that the rate of infant mortality was found to Granger Cause federal government expenditure on health while maternal mortality rate Granger Cause federal government expenditure on transport and communication. It was found that the models are adequate for estimating the health outcomes (rate of infant and maternal mortality) since the models recorded strong coefficient of determinations. Findings revealed that federal government expenditure on health has negative significant impact on infant and maternal mortality in Nigeria. This result implies that as federal government is increasing its expenditure on health, the rate of infant and maternal mortality will keep decreasing. Also, findings showed that federal government expenditure on agriculture and transport and communication does not impact significantly on the rate of infant and maternal mortality in Nigeria