Power Situation Rating Worsens in March

Latest governance poll results released by NOIPolls for the month of March 2014 have revealed that the power situation rating by Nigerians got worsen in the month of March, 2014.

Also, Nigerians, 53%, approve of the job performance of President Jonathan, indicating a 2-point increase from his rating in February 2014.

On the key elements of the transformation agenda, the President maintained an average ranking of 3 in Economy, Health, Agriculture, Transportation, Foreign Policy & Diplomacy.

For Education, his ranking went from 1 (very poor) in February to 3 (Average).

The President also maintained previous ranking of 1 (Very poor) in Job creation, Power and Security.

The poll results also revealed that the situation of power nationwide worsened in March, majority of Nigerians 54% (29%+25%) claimed that power has gone bad or worsened, with another 17% seeing no difference at all (a total of 71%).

Regions worst hit were the South West (66%), South South (59%) and the North East (58%) with the highest proportions of respondents reporting bad/worsened power situation.

In the month under review, it shows an all-time low rating of power (29%: those who experienced an improvement) over the 15 month period NOIPolls has tracked improvements in household power supply nationwide.

These are some of the key findings from the Governance Snap Poll conducted in week of March 24th 2014.

This report presents the March 2014 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.

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