Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of nutrition, maternal mortality on quality of life in Nigeria for the period of 1990 till 2017. Meanwhile, empirical studies exist that suggests that maternal mortality on the long-run, does not translateinto improved quality of life. In line with the foregoing, this study focuses on the role which adequate nutrition plays on the enhancement of the pregnant women quality of life. Meanwhile, the study used world development indicator (WDI) data and as well employs Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model estimation technique. However, the result concludes that maternal mortality impacted negatively on life expectancy and as well as statistically significant at 1%. Furthermore, the result also concluded that the depth of food deficit and vitamin A supplementation coverage rate are significant and as well as positively related to life expectancy. Based on the foregoing, from the result, the level of their diet if boosted will have a multiplier effect on life expectancy and will as well improve the quality of life of the pregnant woman as well as that of their babies, and in turn, reduce maternal mortality. In line with the above, this study concludes that a well-structured, effective, improved institutional management, as well as increased government long term expenditures on the health sector, will not only enhance the citizenry quality of life but as well improve their life expectancy.

Keywords: Quality of Life, Maternal Mortality, Income Level, Nutrition, Improved Sanitation Facility, Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model (ARDL).

JEL Classification: I12, I31I.