Latest governance poll results released by NOIPolls for the month of February 2014 have revealed that 51% of the adult Nigerian population approve of the job performance of President Goodluck Jonathan over the past month.
This rating represents a 10-point decline in his approval rating from January 2014 (61%).
More findings revealed that the President had an “average” ranking for his performance on Economy, Health, Agriculture & Food security, and Transportation amongst others; while he was ranked “very poor” for his performance on Security, Job creation, Power and Education in the month of February.
Furthermore, the results revealed that 40% of Nigerians experienced slight improvements in power supply to their households over the past one month.
However, this figure represents a 4-point decline when compared to January, showing declining electricity supply to households. These are some of the key findings from the Governance Snap Poll conducted in week of February 24th 2014.
These findings represent the February 2014 poll results of the monthly governance poll 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 gauge the perception 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? Findings reveal that 51% (35%+16%) of respondents approve of the President’s job performance, where 35% approve and 16% strongly approve.
In addition, 27% of the respondents disapprove of the President’s job performance, representing a 10-point increase from January 2014 (17%). Similarly, 22% remain neutral as they neither approve nor disapprove.
To assess the performance of the president on key areas 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 President Jonathan in the following areas? (1) Job Creation (2) Power (3) Economy (4) Health (5) Education (6) Agriculture (7) Transportation (8) Foreign relations and (9) Security.
On the 5-point scale, the president had an average performance of 3 in Economy, Health, Agriculture & Food security, Transportation and Foreign policy & Diplomacy while on Job creation, Power, Education and Security, the president was ranked 1 which signifies a very poor performance.
A comparison of the current findings with January 2014 results reveal that the President’s performance rating on Job creation, Power and Education declined from 3 to 1 in February.
Furthermore, his rating on security dropped from a good ranking of 4 to 1 in February; this drop may be attributed to the recent spate of attacks by the Boko Haram sect in some North Eastern States.