Poll rate Buhari 70 per cent in first month

Firstclass newsline«a recent poll conducted by NOI Polls, an opinion
research agency founded by a former Minister of Finance, Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala, says 70 per cent of Nigerians surveyed approved
President Muhammadu Buhari's performance in office in the first month.
NOI Polls works in partnership with a United States-based The Gallup
Poll to conduct periodic opinion polls and studies on various
socio-economic and political issues in Nigeria.
The President's assessment poll, according to a statement on the
agency's website on Wednesday, was conducted to gauge the opinions of
Nigerians regarding the approval rating of the President's first 30
days in office and the current state of power supply in the country.
According to the poll, the President recorded 87 per cent approval
rating in the North-East, North-West and North-Central zones while the
South-East zone accounted for the greatest percentage of respondents
who disapproved of the President's performance.
The poll also revealed that the South-South zone accounted for the
largest fraction of respondents who were neutral, with 26 per cent.
"With a sample of this size, we can say with 95 per cent confidence
that the results obtained are statistically precise," the agency said.
The poll seems to follow the pattern of election results of Buhari in
the 2015 general election.
Buhari, who contested the office for the fourth time, polled
15,424,921 votes against former President Goodluck Jonathan of the
Peoples Democratic Party to clinch the presidential seat.
Buhari won the election in 16 northern states and five south-western
states, while Jonathan won the poll in three northern states, the FCT
and 12 South-South and South-East states.
The statement read, "Respondents to the poll were asked two specific
questions. The first sought to assess the opinion of Nigerians on the
performance of President Muhammadu Buhari after 30 days in office.
Respondents were asked: Do you approve or disapprove of the
performance of President Muhammadu Buhari in the past one month?
"The outcome revealed that 70 per cent of Nigerians surveyed approved
of President Buhari's job performance in June 2015 (first 30 days in
office). On the contrary, 12 per cent of the respondents disapproved,
whereas 18 per cent of the respondents were neutral as they neither
approved nor disapproved of the President's performance.
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