This paper seeks to explain the relationship between politically motivated crises and its impacts on the health care system in Bayelsa State. It adopts a multidimensional approach in examining political upheaval in order to eschew the restrictive application of the concept with the concomitant ideological underpinning that views conflict as any undesirable phenomenon that should be abhorred. It is the unequivocal contention of this paper that conflict, is even desirable as it is capable of upturning tilting structures in society. Indeed, some types of upheavals encourage new solutions to problems, stimulate creativity, motivate change, promote organizational stability, help individuals and groups establish identities and serve as safety valve to indicate problems. The paper therefore, adopts political economy as the theoretical framework of analysis, essentially, to explain the inherent contradictions that ignite changes in society. From our painstaking investigations, with observation as its methodology, the paper invalidates the hypothesis that the deplorable health situation in Bayelsa State is a function of politically motivated crises. It argues that quality health service delivery remains an illusion even without political crises. It therefore, looks at political upheaval in its connotative sense as a conscious human effort to restructure the entire sector. Finally, the paper proffer solutions towards improving quality health service delivery in Bayelsa State.

This paper seeks to explain the relationship between politically motivated crises and its impacts on the health care system in Bayelsa State. It adopts a multidimensional approach in examining political upheaval in order to eschew the restrictive application of the concept with the concomitant ide...