Latest governance poll results released by NOIPolls for the month of July 2014 revealed that 62percent of adult Nigerians surveyed approved of the job performance of the President in the last one month. This rating portrays a 5-points increase from June 2014 and represents the highest rating in the 19 month period that NOIPolls started monthly governance polls in January 2013. The increase in the president’s rating is largely due to the highly positive ratings recorded in the South-East and South-South zones with 80percent each. The President received an average rating for his performance on Economy, Education, Health, Agriculture & Food Security, Transportation and Foreign Policy & Diplomacy, while he was ranked very poor for his performance on Job Creation, Power and Security. The results also disclosed that slightly more than half (51percent) of adult Nigerians surveyed reported that power supply in their area was bad, very bad and has gone worse, with the South-East and South-South zones accounting for the highest proportion of respondents who experienced poor supply of power in July 2014 at 60percent each. These results represent the seventh 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.[eap_ad_2] Respondents to the poll were asked three specific questions. The first sought to evaluate the opinion of Nigerians on the performance of President Goodluck Jonathan over the past one month, with 62percent of adult Nigerians approving of the President’s performance which is the highest so far for 2014 as well as the highest rating since NOIPolls started the monthly governance polls in January 2013. For the performance of the President on pertinent elements of his transformation agenda, he had an average (3) rating in terms of his performance in Economy, Education, Health, Agriculture & Food Security, Transportation and Foreign Policy & Diplomacy. On the contrary, the President was rated very poor (1) in terms of Job Creation, Power and Security. These 3 key elements of his transformation agenda have been rated very poor since February 2014.
Trend analysis shows that the President’s performance rating on Economy, Health, Agriculture & Food Security, Transportation and Foreign Policy & Diplomacy have maintained an average ranking (3) since February 2014 except Education which was rated very poor in February. On the other hand, the President’s performance rating on Job Creation, Power and Security remained very poor (1) since February 2014.
Finally, on the state of power supply to Nigerian households over the past month, the survey showed that it has remained almost steady with a slight 1-point increase in the proportion of respondents who saw improvement in power supply in July 2014. Based on geo-political zones, the highest increase in improvement in power was observed in the North-West zones which witnessed a 6-point increase from June to July 2014. The average proportion of respondents who saw improvement in the power supply from January to July 2014 is currently recorded at 35.6percent and the current result is 2.6-points below the yearly average till date.[eap_ad_3]