Key highlights: 63% overall approval rating for the Buhari government 


 
Senate has the lowest approval rating of all governmental institutions (13%)

Nigerian Army regains luster with 69% approval rating

61% of Nigerians have high expectations of the new ministers

Fashola and Kachikwu lead all ministers in expectations for top performance

75% believe the anti-corruption war is working

56% give the government high marks for the anticorruption campaign

81% of respondents give high ratings for handling of Boko Haram crisis

Majority rate government’s performance low in housing (61%), availability of petroleum products (55%), transportation (54%), economy and jobs (52%) and healthcare (52%)

Majority give poor ratings to government’s handling of Pro-Biafra agitations (52%) and Fulani Herdsmen clashes (66%)

58% of respondents do not support any political party

Rating the Overall Performance of the Government

Respondents were provided with a 5 point-scale response to this question. We elected not to use a simple forced two scale measure of approval (Yes or No) to enable a deeper understanding of the nuances that informed respondents’ choices. A positive approval rating in our terminology refers only to those respondents that reported either an “Excellent” or “Good” rating. A negative rating comprises of those individuals that reported a “Poor” or “Very Poor” rating.

63% gave the Buhari government a high approval rating, while 20.3% rated the government’s performance as poor.

Areas of Priority for Nigerians 

Respondents were provided with a number of key segments and focus areas for the government and were required to provide a forced three tier ranking (High, Medium, Low) of their perceptions of the importance of each of the areas.

Under the “High” ranking response, the anticorruption drive was rated as the most important area of concern and/or interest by 71% of Nigerians. The top 5 rated areas overall were anticorruption (71%), security (68%), power (63%), economy and jobs (56%), and education (52%).

It is noteworthy that education (52%) was ranked ahead of healthcare (46%), works (44%), transportation (30%) and housing (24%), indicating that while the educational sector might not feature prominently as one of the sectors that the government has declared as its key focus areas, Nigerians view it as a high priority sector.

Perceptions on the anticorruption war

Nigerians are overwhelmingly in support of the anticorruption war, with 75% of respondents indicating that the anti-corruption war is working. However, 18% of the respondents were of the view that the anti-corruption war targets mostly members of the PDP, while 17% were of the view that the anti-corruption war targets the President’s political enemies.  

Sector based performance of government

Respondents were asked to rank the performance of the government in a number of key sectors on a three (3) point scale (High, Medium and Low). The highest ranked areas were anticorruption (56%) and security (46%). The performance of the government in the power sector was rated high by 16% of the respondents. Every other priority area received single digit high performance ratings.  The lowest rated sectors were housing (61%), availability of petroleum products (55%), transportation (54%), healthcare (52%), economy & jobs (52%) and education (49%). 

Given the wide range of sectors receiving low ratings from the respondents, it is  obvious that the high overall ratings that the Buhari government has, is largely buoyed by the successes in the anticorruption drive and the progress being made by the Nigerian army in the fight against Boko Haram. 

Views on Newly Appointed Ministers

The questions posed to respondents in this section, were intended to understand Nigerians’ views on the newly appointed ministers, but more importantly, to measure the performance expectations of the ministers. 46% of respondents thought the ministers had a track record of solid performance in their previous careers. A majority of respondents (61%) indicated that they had high expectations for some of the ministers. 8% indicated that they were not confident in the ability of the ministers, while 10% indicated that they did not have high expectations that the ministers would be able perform. 

Expectations of Ministers

In order to better understand Nigerians’ expectations for specific ministers, respondents were given a list of 14 key ministries as well as the names of the substantive ministers appointed to lead those ministries, and were asked to provide a ranking of their expectations for each minister. The ministries included the three (power, works and housing) that are now being handled by a single individual – Mr. Raji Fashola, the former governor of Lagos State.   

Because a number of the ministers are not familiar to Nigerians, a response category was provided that enabled those who did not have any clear views on their expectations for the ministers to indicate their inability to make a call on their expectations. This response category was labeled “I can’t say.” The top ratings on the “I can’t say” scale were for the ministers of communication (Adebayo Shittu), Education (Adamu Adamu), Industry, Trade and Investment (Okechukwu Enelema) and Health (Isaac Adewole). 

Expectations Ranking of Ministers

Mr. Fashola topped the expectations list, with his three ministries being ranked highest. 86% of respondents had expectations for Mr. Fashola’s ability to deliver in the power sector, while 84% and 76% expressed confidence in his ability to deliver in the works and housing sectors respectively. Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, was a close runner-up in the expectations race, with about 76% of Nigerians expressing confidence in his ability to deliver in the petroleum sector. 

Approval Ratings for Key National Institutions

Respondents were asked to rate 6 major governmental institutions, i.e., the Presidency, Senate, House of Representatives, Army, Police and Judiciary. The Presidency was the most highly rated governmental institution, with 63% of respondents rating it as high or very high. 

The Nigerian army received the second highest approval ratings of the governmental institutions included in the survey, with 69% of respondents giving it high or very high scores. The police and the judiciary received approval ratings of 22% and 25% respectively. 

The two arms of the National Assembly were the worst rated institutions. Only 13% of respondents rated the Senate highly, while 19% gave high approval ratings to the House of Representatives. 

Buhari Government’s Handling of Major Security Issues

Although the Buhari government received high scores for the handling of the Boko Haram crisis (80.5%), majority of respondents rated its handling of two other major national security crises poorly, namely the sweeping wave of pro Biafra agitations and the perennial challenges related to conflicts between Fulani Herdsmen and communities across large swathes of the middle belt and the south. 

These mixed ratings on the government’s handling of security issues indicate that Nigerians do not have a single all-encompassing and inclusive outlook towards security. Future surveys will include questions aimed at understanding Nigerians’ views of emerging crises such as the recent Shiite – Army clashes. 

Political Party Affiliation 

The APC continues to enjoy a significant level of support with 38% of respondents identifying themselves as supporters of the party. Only 4% of respondents indicated support for the PDP. A majority of respondents (58%) indicated that they did not support any political party. 

A subset of the question on the rating of national institutions, required respondents to provide a forced ranking on their views about the two major political parties – the PDP and the APC.  The APC was rated highly by 41% of respondents, while only 4% rated the PDP highly. The PDP had high negative ratings of 79%. 

Methodology & Disclosure

The survey was administered using electronic media and responses were received between December 11th and 18th, 2015. A total of 1045 complete responses were received. The survey results have a ±4% margin of error at a 95% confidence level. The Governance Accountability Initiative of Nigeria (GAIN) Poll is a public service survey intended to track the performance of government at all levels and provide feedback from the public to their elected officials. GAIN will also periodically publish policy statements to provide perspectives on key areas. GAIN surveys are coordinated by Dr Malcolm Fabiyi and Dr Adeleke Otunuga. 

Dr Fabiyi holds a BSc (First class) degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lagos, an MBA from the University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge. 

Dr Otunuga holds Bachelors (Philosophy) and Masters Degrees (IRPM) from the University of Lagos, and a Doctor of Management (Organizational Leadership) from the University of Phoenix. Any inquiries regarding the survey should be directed to claypolconsult@gmail.com.

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So in summary.........


One word for our Ajala the junketeer

DECEIT 502

Firefire:
DECEIT 502

What else will you have said yam eater?

Firefire:
DECEIT 502

Keep wailing. It doesn't change the fact that the PMB administration is rated highly by majority of Nigerians.

JOKE OF THE CENTURY
CHAI WE DON SUFFER FOR APC PROPAGANDA

JOKE OF THE CENTURY
CHAI WE DON SUFFER FOR APC PROPAGANDA

seunmsg:


Keep wailing. It doesn't change the fact that the PMB administration is rated highly by majority of Nigerians.

will you stop these lies at once.

who and who is the majority?

ndi asi mmou

#LIES

politricks:
What else will you have said yam eater?

BUHARI is the chief yam eater
he is corruption personified

VICTORCIZA:
BUHARI is the chief yam eater
he is corruption personified

Tell me how much has been missing so far in this administration?

VICTORCIZA:
JOKE OF THE CENTURY

CHAI WE DON SUFFER FOR APC PROPAGANDA

Guy cool down. Not all Nigerians share the same mentality with you. Those with sense know that oil price is now less than 40 dollars per barrel and jonathan left nothing for us to use so this situation that we are in is inevitable. For your information, oil price was 120 dollars per barrel during gej tenure but what does he have to show for it?

Nonsensical approval rating by APC touts.

Real Nigerians know that b0ohari is a f00l who has nothing to offer Nigeria.

Yam eaters don't like this kind of news
They wish it was the other way

This doesn't change the fact that dollar is now 280/300 in black market. And other economy crisis.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

PROPAGANDA UPON PROPAGANDA

CHAI CHAI CHAI CHAI

VICTORCIZA:
will you stop these lies at once.

who and who is the majority?

ndi asi mmou

We are talking about majority of reasonable Nigerians here. The majority that voted out the clueless one. Hope you get it now?

politricks:
Tell me how much has been missing so far in this administration?

According to APC and their associate media. One million barrels of crude were stolen on daily basis during GEJ administration.

Now, pray tell me whose pocket does these monies go into his pocket these days?

Do you how much was shared by the three arms of government last month?

Firefire:
DECEIT 502

I piss on you..... FireFire .......do ur worst

lmao!!"


backyard. rating!!!

smh , very funny poll.. right now Nigeria is witnessing its longest fuek scarcity, to travel abroad these days is something else as ur budget can be rendered useless the next day when dollar increases, to find dollar is something else, to use ATM cards for foreign transactions is now a problem. Nigeria imports virtually everything, yet the govt is trying to blackout the dollar.

these guys better look for a job to do, this poll is crap.

LadyExcellency:


According to APC and their associate media. One million barrels of crude were stolen on daily basis during GEJ administration.

Now, pray tell me whose pocket does these monies go into his pocket these days?

Do you how much was shared by the three arms of government last month?

You should have checked for the meaning of 'missing' before attempting to answer my question. Even the person i asked doesn't have an answer for it.

I laugh to scorn all the evil and demonic rating of APC Coven members.

politricks:
You should have checked for the meaning of 'missing' before attempting to answer my question. Even the person i asked doesn't have an answer for it.

Even you have no answer to the question hence why ask?

Let me tell you the truth, all those news about alleged missing this or that can't be publish again because of the despotic nature of this regime and the consequences.

politricks:
What else will you have said yam eater?

Yam eater ke?? Even the bark of yam sef wey dem dey peel throway, that one no see (apologies to Modath). Go look up the people Keyamo referred to as Ekpas.

Let them keep throwing tantrums online while Baba keeps waxing stronger. Nigeria is moving ahead and if some handful of blacksheeps decide they wanna remain stuck in the dark past, that is their prerogative.

Sai Baba!!!

Firefire:
I laugh to scorn all the evil and demonic rating of APC Coven members.

Are you sure you know the implication of what you just typed?? Rotflmao!!

Interesting


Lets wait and see if the ratings will get better in months to come

This is a lie. Nigerians as at today, don't give a hoot about dullhari's anticorruption war or his ministers and cabinet. They care about their stomach and Buhari has damaged their ability to earn their daily bread due to his stùpid neglect of the economy for six months.
Statistics show that Nigerians are now poorer for the first time since 1999.

How do you expect poor people to approve a government that has made them poorer?

This poll is as useless as Buhari

So he is a bark eater and not a yam eater, no wonder he 'barks' like a dog.

APC.... Demonic ratings... dea isnt any difference btw u guys and pdp...
No fuel
No light
No Water...
Theives

Lalasticlala, the presidents approval rating deserves to be on Frontpage.

Is this the statistics they are using to deceive Bubu and isolate him from current reality?