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  • In March 2015, President’s Approval Rating Declines To 52%

    Abuja, Nigeria. April 1st, 2015– Latest governance poll results released by NOIPolls for the month of March 2015 revealed that 5 in 10 Nigerians (52 percent) approved of the performance of the President in March 2015. This indicates a substantial 11-points decline in the President’s approval rating from 63 percent in February 2015. This decline was stimulated by the general decline experienced across almost all geo-political zones except for the North-Central zone where he maintained the same rating from February 2015. The highest decline was surprisingly seen in the South-South zone with 17-points and followed by the South-West zone with 14-points. Furthermore, an evaluation of the performance of the President in key sectors of his transformation agenda revealed that the President achieved an average (3) rating in Economy, Health, Education, Agriculture & Food security, Transportation and Foreign Policy & Diplomacy, while he had a very poor (1) rating in Job creation, Power and Security. More findings from the poll revealed that 56 percent (31 + 25 percent) of respondents reported that power supply to their household worsened over the past one month. This is mostly true for the North-East zone with 79 percent. In addition, 25 percent of Nigerians especially from in the North-West (37 percent) saw an improvement in power supply to their households, while 19 percent of Nigerians saw no difference in power supply over the past one month. These are some of the key findings from the Governance Snap Poll conducted in the week of March 23rd 2015. These results represent the third in the 2015 monthly series of governance polls conducted by NOIPolls to gauge the opinions and perceptions of Nigerians regardingthe approval rating of the President, the performance of the President on key elements of his transformation agenda, and thestate of power supply in the country. Respondents to the poll were asked three specific questions. The first sought to assess the opinion of Nigerians on the performance of President Goodluck Jonathan over the past 1 month. Respondents were asked: Do you approve or disapprove of the job performance of President Jonathan in the past 1 month? Analysis of responses to this question revealed that 52 percent (20 percent+32 percent) of adult Nigerians approved of the President’s job performance in the past one month. On the other hand, 32 percent disapproved of the President’s job performance, while 16 percent remained neutral as they neither approved nor disapproved. Further analysis of the President’s performance by age-group revealed that Nigerians within the age of 61+ represent the highest percentage that approved the President’s job performance with 68 percent, followed by the age-group of 22-29 with 57 percent, while the age-group of 18-21 with 40 percent represent the highest percentage of Nigerians who disapproved of his job performance over the past one month. From the geopolitical zones viewpoint, the South-East zone (82 percent) accounted for the highest proportion of respondents who approved of the President’s performance, while the North-East zone (56 percent) accounted for the highest percentage of respondents who disapproved of the President’s performance in March 2015. Trend analysis by geo-political zones revealed that the President’s approval rating declined almost across all geo-political zones from February 2015, except for the North-Central zone where he maintained the same rating. The highest decline was surprisingly seen in the South-South zone with 17-points and followed by the South-West zone with 14-points. Further trend analysis of the President’s approval rating shows a significant 11-points decline in March 2015. Despite the decline, this rating represents a 6-points increase when compared to March 2014. To gauge the performance of the President on pertinent elements of his transformation agenda, respondents were asked: On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is very poor and 5 is excellent, how would you rate the performance of the President Jonathan in the following areas? (1) Job Creation (2) Power (3) Economy (4) Health (5) Education (6) Agriculture & Food Security (7) Transportation (8) Foreign policy & Diplomacy and (9) Security. The outcome revealed that the President scored an average (3) rating in Economy, Health, Education, Agriculture & Food security, Transportation and Foreign Policy & Diplomacy, while he had a very poor (1) rating in Job creation, Power and Security. Comparing current results with February 2015 revealed that the President’s performance rating on Economy, Health, Education, Transportation and Foreign Policy & Diplomacy maintained an average ranking of 3. He maintained a poor rating in Job Creation, Power and Security, while Agriculture & Food Security experienced a 1-point decline. Finally, to evaluate the state of power supply to Nigerian households over the past month, respondents were asked: How would you describe power supply in your area in the last 1 month? The result shows that 56 percent (31 + 25 percent) of surveyed respondents reported that power supply to their household worsened over the past one month. This is mostly true for the North-East zone with 79 percent. In addition, 25 percent of Nigerians especially from in the North-West (37 percent) saw an improvement in power supply to their households, while 19 percent of Nigerians saw no difference in power supply over the past one month. Monthly trend evaluation revealed a further decline of 7-points in power supply by March 2015. This result also represents a 7-point decline from March 2014. In the 27-months trend of power supply improvement, the month of March marked a significant trend of poor power supply in 2013, 2014 and 2015; with a record of power improvement below average. In conclusion, the governance poll result for March 2015 revealed that 52 percent of Nigerians approved the President’s job performance, while 32 percent disapproved and 16 percent remained neutral as they neither approved nor disapproved. The President also achieved an average (3) rating in his performance in Economy, Health, Education, Agriculture & Food security, Transportation and Foreign Policy & Diplomacy, while he had a very poor (1) rating in Job creation, Power and Security. Finally, 25 percent of the respondents in March 2015 reported that power supply to their households improved over the past one month, 19 percent reported there has been no difference, while 56 percent reported that it has remained bad or gone worse. Survey Methods The opinion poll was conducted in the week of March 23rd 2015. It involved telephone interviews of a random nationwide sample. 1,000 randomly selected phone-owning Nigerians aged 18 years and above, representing the six geopolitical zones in the country, were interviewed. With a sample of this size, we can say with 95 percent confidence that the results obtained are statistically precise – within a range of plus or minus 3 percent. NOIPolls Limited, No1 for country specific polling services in West Africa, works in technical partnership with the Gallup Organisation (USA). We conduct periodic opinion polls and studies on various socio-economic and political issues in Nigeria. More information is available at www.noi-polls.com Disclaimer This press release has been produced by NOIPolls Limited to provide information on all issues which form the subject matter of the document. Kindly note that while we are willing to share results from our polls with the general public, we only request that NOIPolls be acknowledged as author whenever and wherever our poll results are used, cited or published. NOIPolls hereby certifies that all the views expressed in this document accurately reflect its views of respondents surveyed for the poll, and background information is based on information from various sources that it believes are reliable; however, no representation is made that it is accurate or complete. Whilst reasonable care has been taken in preparing this document, no responsibility or liability is accepted for errors or fact or for any views expressed herein by NOIPolls for actions taken as a result of information provided in this report. Any ratings, forecasts, estimates, opinions or views herein constitute a judgment as at the date of this document. If the date of this document is not current, the views and content may not reflect NOIPolls’ current findings and/or thinking. Press Contact The Editor Email: editor@noi-polls.com

  • Presidential Job Approval for February 2018

    Approval=38% | Disapproval=44% | Undecided=18% | Change Direction=-2 Gender Age Occupation Geopolitical Zone

  • Presidential Job Approval for March 2018

    Approval=40% | Disapproval=42% | Undecided=18% | Change Direction=+2 Gender Age Occupation Geopolitical Zone

  • Presidential Job Approval for April 2018

    Approval=39% | Disapproval=48% | Undecided=13% | Change Direction=-1 Gender Age Occupation Geopolitical Zone

  • Presidential Job Approval for May 2018

    Approval=41% | Disapproval=47% | Undecided=12% | Change Direction=+2 Gender Age Occupation Geopolitical Zone

  • Presidential Job Approval for June 2018

    Approval=42% | Disapproval=43% | Undecided=15% | Change Direction=+1 Gender Age Occupation Geopolitical Zone

  • Presidential Job Approval for July 2018

    Approval=41% | Disapproval=42% | Undecided=17% | Change Direction=-1 Gender Age Occupation Geopolitical Zone

  • Presidential Job Approval for March 2019

    Approval=38% | Disapproval=44% | Undecided=18% | Change Direction=-6 Gender Age Occupation Geopolitical Zone

  • Presidential Job Approval for November 2018

    Approval=41% | Disapproval=44% | Undecided=15% | Change Direction=+5 Gender Age Occupation Geopolitical Zone

  • President Jonathan’s Approval at 61% in August 2014

    Abuja, Nigeria. September 2nd, 2014 – Latest governance poll results released by NOIPolls for the month of August 2014 revealed that 61% of adult Nigerians surveyed approve of the President’s performance where 41%approve and 20% strongly approve. This rating (currently being at par with the rating obtained in January 2014) represents a 1-point drop from July’s rating which was recorded at 62%. An assessment of the President’s performance on key elements of his transformation agenda revealed that the President received an average (3) rating in his performance on Job Creation, Power, Economy, Education, Health, Agriculture & Food Security, Transportation and Foreign Policy & Diplomacy except for Security which he performed poorly. Still based on his transformation agenda, the month of August saw a push in the President’s performance on Power and Economy to an average rating (3) following a continuous poor rating since February 2014. More findings revealed that slightly more than half 51% of adult Nigerians experienced an improved state of power supply to their households within the past one month. This figure illustrates the highest positive rating recorded in power supply from the inception of the NOIPolls power monitoring polls in January 2013. These are some of the key findings from theGovernance Snap Poll conducted in the week of August 25th 2014. These results represent the eighth in the 2014 monthly series of governance polls conducted by NOIPolls to gauge the opinions and perceptions of Nigerians regarding the approval rating of the President, the performance of the President on key elements of his transformation agenda, and the state of power supply in the country. Respondents to the poll were asked three specific questions. The first sought to assess the opinion of Nigerians on the performance of President Goodluck Jonathan over the past 1 month. Respondents were asked: Do you approve or disapprove of the job performance of President Jonathan in the past 1 month? The results revealed that 61% of adult Nigerians surveyed approve of the President’s performance where 41% approve and 20%strongly approve. A total of 26% of the respondents assessed disapprove of the President’s performance, where 18% disagree and 8% strongly disagree. Furthermore, 13% remained neutral as they neither approve nor disapprove. The South-East and the South-South zones accounted for the largest fraction of respondents who approve of the President’s job performance with 89% and 74% respectively. The North-Central and North-West zones have the highest proportion of respondents who were neutral with 20% and 17%. Also, the North-East zone and the North-West zone have the largest proportion of respondents who disapprove of the President’s job performance with 41% and38% respectively. Monthly trend analysis of the President’s approval rating reveals that the President’s approval rating remained almost stable with a slight decline by 1-point to stand at 61% in August 2014. This current result and that obtained in January 2014 both represent the second highest rating since NOIPolls started its governance poll in January 2013. Likewise, the average rating of the President’s job performance after 8 months is at 56.5%, this implies that the President performed above his 8- month’s average by 5-points. To gauge the performance of the President on pertinent elements of his transformation agenda, respondents were asked: On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is very poor and 5 is excellent, how would you rate the performance of the President Jonathan in the following areas? (1) Job Creation (2) Power (3) Economy (4) Health (5) Education (6) Agriculture & Food Security (7) Transportation (8) Foreign Policy & Diplomacy and (9) Security. The outcome shows that the President was rated average (3) in terms of his performance in Job creation, Power, Economy, Education, Health, Agriculture & Food Security, Transportation and Foreign Policy & Diplomacy except for Security which he performed poorly. This component of his transformation agenda has remained very poor since February 2014. Trend analysis indicates that the President’s performance rating on, Economy, Health, Agriculture & Food Security, Transportation and Foreign Policy & Diplomacy has maintained an average ranking (3) since February 2014. The month of August saw a push in the President’s performance on Power and Economy to an average rating (3) following a steady poor rating since February 2014. In contrast, the President’s performance rating on Security has remained very poor (1) since February 2014. Finally, to find out the state of power supply to Nigerian households over the past month, respondents were asked: How would you describe power supply in your area in the last 1 month? Findings revealed that 51% (16%+35%) of adult Nigerians surveyed reported that power supply in their area has either “ improved very much” or “a little” within the past one month. 32% (18%+14%) of the respondents were of the view that power supply “remains bad” and “it’s very bad, has gone worse”. Furthermore, 17% reported “there’s no difference at all” as it has neither improved nor gone worse. The majority across all geo-political zones experienced an improved state of power supply, however, the North-West zone has the highest number of respondents (58%:18%+40%) who experienced an improved power supply. The South-West zone has the greatest percentage(22%) of respondents who stated there’s no difference at all in the state of power over the past one month. Furthermore, the North-East zones accounted for the highest proportion of respondents who experienced a poor state of supply of power within the last one month with41%. The monthly trend assessment reveals a substantial 18-point increase in improvement on power supply in August from July 2014. This figure illustrates the highest positive rating ever recorded in power supply from the inception of the NOIPolls power monitoring polls till date 2014. The average in the power supply from January 2013 to August 2014 is currently at 36.8% indicating that the current result represents a significant 14.2-points above the average. In conclusion, the governance poll results have revealed that 61% of adult Nigerians surveyed approve of the President’s performance where 41% approve and 20% strongly approve. A total of 26% of the respondents assessed disapprove of the President’s performance, while 13%remained neutral as they neither approve nor disapprove of his performance. In addition, the President had an average (3) rating in terms of his performance in Job creation, Power, Economy, Education, Health, Agriculture & Food Security, Transportation and Foreign Policy & Diplomacy except for Security which he performed poorly. More findings revealed that slightly more than half 51% (16%+35%) of adult Nigerians surveyed reported that power supply in their area “has improved very much” and “it has improved a little” within the last one month. This figure represents a substantial 18-point increase in improvement on power supply in August from July 2014 and the highest positive rating ever recorded in power supply in 2014. On the contrary, 32% (18%+14%) of the respondents were of the view that power supply “remains bad” and “it’s very bad, has gone worse”. Survey Methods The opinion poll was conducted in July 21st 2014. It involved telephone interviews of a random nationwide sample. 1,000 randomly selected phone-owning Nigerians aged 18 years and above, representing the six geopolitical zones in the country, were interviewed. With a sample of this size, we can say with 95% confidence that the results obtained are statistically precise – within a range of plus or minus 3%. NOIPolls Limited, No1 for country specific polling services in West Africa, which works in technical partnership with the Gallup Organisation (USA), to conduct periodic opinion polls and studies on various socio-economic and political issues in Nigeria. More information is available at www.noi-polls.com Disclaimer This press release has been produced by NOIPolls Limited to provide information on all issues which form the subject matter of the document. Kindly note that while we are willing to share results from our polls with the general public, we only request that NOIPolls be acknowledged as author whenever and wherever our poll results are used, cited or published. NOIPolls hereby certifies that all the views expressed in this document accurately reflect its views of respondents surveyed for the poll, and background information is based on information from various sources that it believes are reliable; however, no representation is made that it is accurate or complete. Whilst reasonable care has been taken in preparing this document, no responsibility or liability is accepted for errors or fact or for any views expressed herein by NOIPolls for actions taken as a result of information provided in this report. Any ratings, forecasts, estimates, opinions or views herein constitute a judgment as at the date of this document. If the date of this document is not current, the views and content may not reflect NOIPolls’ current findings and/or thinking. Press Contact The Editor Email: editor@noi-polls.com

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