President Goodluck Jonathan has maintained a dignifying rating in the assessment of most
Nigerians despite the unresolved internal
wrangling that has engulfed his party, the
People's Democratic Party (PDP), as was
revealed by an independent poll agent, NOIPolls
Limited.
The poll indicated that despite the slight decline
in the number of Nigerians that has experienced
some improvements in the power supply in
August, the President’s approval rating
continued to soar, particularly in the South-East
(76 percent), North Central (70 percent) and
South- South (66 percent) regions. These were
some of the key findings from the Governance
Snap Poll conducted in the week of August 26th 2013.

FULL REPORT
President's Job Approval Rating
Reaches Peak of 57% in August
2013
Abuja, Nigeria. September 3rd, 2013 – Latest
monthly governance poll result released by
NOIPolls Limited has revealed that almost 6 in
10 (57%) Nigerians approve of President
Goodluck Jonathan’s job performance in the
month of August 2013. This current score
depicts a 4-Point increase in the job approval
rating of the President from July (53%) to August
(57%)and also marks the highest approval
rating the President has scored since January
2013. Furthermore, same as in July, the results
indicated that 42% of Nigerians rated the
performance of the current administration as
average. However, there was a slight decline (2-
point) in the proportion of Nigerians (36%) that
had experienced some improvements in the
power supply in August. Despite this slight
decline, the President’s approval rating
continued to soar, particularly in the South-East
(76%), North Central (70%) and South-South
(66%) regions. These were the key findings from
the Governance Snap Poll conducted in the
week of August 26th 2013.
The results presented are the eighth in the
monthly series of governance polls conducted by
NOI Polls to gauge the opinions and perceptions
of Nigerians regarding three crucial elements –
the approval rating of the president, the
performance of the current administration,
and the situation of power supply in the
country.
Respondents to the poll were asked three specific
questions. Firstly, in order to gauge the approval
rating of President Goodluck Jonathan over the
past 1 month (August) respondents were asked:
Do you approve or disapprove of the
performance of President Jonathan in the past
1 month?: The result from this question revealed
that, overall, almost 6 in 10 Nigerians surveyed
(57%: 14%+43%) approve of the President’s job
performance over the past month, where 14%
strongly approve and 43% approve. These
figures clearly depict a 4-point increase in the
proportion of Nigerians that approve of the
President’s performance from July (53%) to
August (57%); and emerged as the best rating so
far in eight months. Comparatively, a total of
19% of respondents indicated disapproval of the
President’s performance, with 15% indicating
they disapprove and 4% strongly disapprove,
while, 24% of the respondents remained neutral
in rating his performance as they neither
approve nor disapprove.
Assessing the President’s performance across
geo-political zones showed that the South-East
zone with 76% (22%+54%) had the highest
proportion of respondents that approved of the
President’s performance in the past one month
up from 72% in July. This is followed by the
North-Central zone with 70% (26%+44%) up
from 56% in July and the South-South zone
with 66% (12%+54%) up from 62% in July. The
highest proportion of respondents that
disapproved of the President’s performance
were from the North-West zone with 31% (28%
+3%) down from 40% in July, followed by the
North-East zone with 26% (14%+12%) down
from 31% in July. The largest number of
respondents that were neutral towards the
president’s performance was from the South-
West zone with 33% up from 26% in July. In
addition, more female (60%) than male (54%)
respondents approve of the President’s job
performance.
A general assessment of the president’s rating in
an eight months series showed that the approval
rating of the President’s performance initially
experienced an increase from January (50%) to
February (54%), and then experienced a
continuous decline from February to April (42%).
Afterwards, it increased in May (44%) and was
stable in June and has experienced a continuous
increase in three months from June (44%) to
August (57%); the highest rating so far in 2013.
Secondly, in order to measure the performance
of the current administration respondents were
asked: How would you rate the performance of
this current administration in the past 1
month? Overall, the majority (42%) are of the
opinion that the current administration has
performed averagely. In addition, while a total of
35% indicated they performed well, where 8%
said they’ve performed very well and 27% said
they’ve performed well; 23% rated their
performance as poor, with 4% percent saying
they’ve performed very poorly and 19% saying
they’ve performed poorly. Furthermore, similar
to the President’s approval rating, the 35%
positive rating of the administration marks a 7-
point increase from the 28% in July 2013.
Gauging these results across geo-political zones
further revealed that the South-South zone had
the highest proportion of respondents (54%) that
rated the performance of the current
administration as average. In addition, while the
South-East zone records the highest number of
respondents (49%) that rated the performance of
the current administration positively, the North-
East (34%) accounted for the highest number of
respondents that rated their performance
negatively.
Again, an assessment of the performance of the
current administration in eight months revealed
that the job approval rating of the current
administration experienced an increase from
January (22%) to February (24%) and then
declined in two months consecutively till April
(16%). From the month of May (21%) it again
experienced a continuous increase till August
(35%), which represents the highest figures in
eight months.
Lastly, in order to evaluate the general situation
of power in Nigeria within the past month,
respondents were asked: How would you
describe power in your area in the past 1
month? Findings revealed that overall, 36% (5%
+31%) of Nigerians experienced an improvement
in the power situation over the past month,
where 5% experienced very much improvement
and 31% experienced little improvement. In
addition, (27%) of the respondents were of the
opinion that “it remains bad”, 21% indicated that
“there’s no difference at all”, while 16% of the
respondents stated that the power situation “is
very bad and has gone worse”.
Analysis based on geo-political zones showed
that, majority of the respondents that
experienced an improvement in the power
situation in August were from the South-South
zone (53%). The North-Central zones with 29%
represents the highest number of respondents
that say “there’s no difference at all” in the power
situation over the past month. In addition, the
North-East zone accounted for the highest
proportion of respondents (42%) that indicated
power supply in their area “remains bad” while
the South-West zone (26%) accounted for the
most number of respondents that say “it’s very
bad has gone worse”.
An overview of the power situation in eight
months depicts a 2-points decline in the
proportion of respondents that experienced
improvement in the power situation in their area
compared to July’s 38% score. Findings also
revealed that January and February recorded the
best power ratings with 47% and 44%
respectively, while March & April (31% each)
recorded the lowest proportion of respondents
that experienced an improvement.
In conclusion, findings from the current poll have
revealed that the President’s performance rating
reached its peak in eight months at 57%. This
figure depicts a 4-Point increase in the approval
rating of the President’s performance from July
(53%) to August (57%). Also, 42% of respondents
were of the opinion that the administration
performed averagely. Interestingly, there was a
2-points decline in the proportion of Nigerians
that had experienced improvements in power
supply for the month of August (36%) compared
to July (38%). However, despite the decline, the
President’s job approval rating still soared;
suggesting that beyond power supply, the
President’s performance on other critical areas of
the economy & polity may be responsible for his
continued positive ratings. Perhaps media
reports around heightened security & reported
death of Abubakar Shekau, the strides in railway
transportation & commencement of rail haulage
from Lagos to Kano, as well as the formal
opening of the Akanu Ibiam International
Airport & the maiden flight of Ethiopian Airlines,
which will serve as a major economic booster,
may have endeared respondents; particularly in
the South-East region where the President had
the highest job approval rating of 76%.
Survey Methods
The opinion poll was conducted on August 26th
to 28th 2013. It involved telephone interviews of
a random nationwide sample. 1,004 randomly
selected phone-owning Nigerians aged 18 years
and above, representing the six geopolitical
zones in the country, were interviewed. With a
sample of this size, we can say with 95%
confidence that the results obtained are
statistically precise - within a range of plus or
minus 3%. NOIPolls Limited is Nigeria’s leading
opinion polling and research organisation, which
works in technical partnership with the Gallup
Organisation (USA), to conduct periodic opinion
polls and studies on various socio-economic and
political issues in Nigeria. More information is
available at www.noi-polls.com

MY OPINION
It is Expedient that we discuss The Polls
objectively,and avoid Mudslinging the odds
against the president are staggering
1.APC antagonism
2. Splinter PDP
4.Boko Haram
5 Pipeline Vandalism ,ASSU to mention just
few,Some one us could easily die of
Suffocation in handling just one of this
Problems yet the president has Made
significant progresses on Some key sectors,despite the Myraid of hydra headed
Challenges
1.Power ( privatisation )
2 Agricultural rebirth
3 aviation turnaround
4. Fuel supply stability
5. SURE P
6.Rail and Inland water ways transport
7 attraction of FDI despite BH
8 sports &football rejuvenation ( nations
Cup ,hopefully world cup )
9 women empowermentetc
We are not yet there (promised Land) but the
fact that some people see some good in what
the president is doing should not offend
anyone our Focus should not be on how best to run down Nigeria,but how to provide alternative Ideas and solutions to the problems that plague our f land. GOD BLESS NIGERIA


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fresh air

We know the enemies of this Country.GEJ till 2019.

Enemies of PROGRESS must fall in line or they'll be crushed. The PDP primary ticket is already in the bag. The FRESH AIR train is on the speed lane, destination 2019.

"The NOI Polls Limited is an opinion polling and research organisation, established by the current Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of Economy of Nigeria Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, The company was set up in collaboration with the Gallup Organization, to be used as a representation of Nigerian public opinion. The NOI Polls is named after its creator, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (NOI). It is Nigeria's leading opinion polling and research organisation." - Taken directly from NOI Polls website!

Soooooo....Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala thinks Jonathan's approval rating has "soared". Anyone surprised?

Fresh air till 2019!! Haters can go to hell!!

Was it fishes or animals they poll?
(Jonathan is a fish scientist with PhD in zoo-keeping).

Who are those that participated?

When they conduct a private opinion poll, they should be decent enough to present it for what it is. If they want Public response, then put it out.

I'm proudly 9ja, but I must commend the southeast people. All they demand of the Nigeria federation is equity, justice and fairness. That is what they have seen, to a large extent, in the govt of GEJ. That is why they support current govt. I hope the rest of Nigeria can learn a lesson or two from the southeast people. I'm so proud of them.

Sincere 9gerian: Enemies of PROGRESS must fall in line or they'll be crushed. The PDP primary ticket is already in the bag. The FRESH AIR train is on the speed lane, destination 2019.

Blawdy Hypocrite!! Later you'll say you are not a PDP faithful! smh for you!

#TeamFreshAir.

Sincere 9gerian: Enemies of PROGRESS must fall in line or they'll be crushed. The PDP primary ticket is already in the bag. The FRESH AIR train is on the speed lane, destination 2019.

How, will you crush them.

Below is the rating for last month. https://www.nairaland.com/1389190/president-jonathans-rating-improves-now

The trend is northwards. We'r just in 2013. It is becoming INCREASINGLY dangerous to criticise GEJ in public. By 2014 when other projects would have come on steam, those who criticise GEJ in public will be lynched by the public. By then, online critics and e-critics will be on their own.

Who are this idiotic pollsters? Were is their office? How credible are they? What was their criteria? Who did they poll? Did they call respondents or meet them on the streets? I certainly was'nt polled, so were is all the hogwash coming from? Crap!!

berem: Blawdy Hypocrite!! Later you'll say you are not a PDP faithful! smh for you!

You'r obviously confused. Maybe you should check the dictionary meaning of hypocrite. I support my president, not PDP. On election day, I'll vote for any party that features GEJ as its candidate for presidential election. I hope your ignorance has been cleared

Sincere 9gerian:
You'r obviously confused. Maybe you should check the dictionary meaning of hypocrite. I support my president, not PDP. On election day, I'll vote for any party that features GEJ as its candidate for presidential election. I hope your ignorance has been cleared

lolz. Take it easy ladies, no need for hard words.

Sincere 9gerian:
You'r obviously confused. Maybe you should check the dictionary meaning of hypocrite. I support my president, not PDP. On election day, I'll vote for any party that features GEJ as its candidate for presidential election. I hope your ignorance has been cleared

You're still a hypocrite no matter what it means!

You support your president and not PDP? what a lousy joker!!

Sincere 9gerian: Below is the rating for last month. https://www.nairaland.com/1389190/president-jonathans-rating-improves-now

The trend is northwards. We'r just in 2013. It is becoming INCREASINGLY dangerous to criticise GEJ in public. By 2014 when other projects would have come on steam, those who criticise GEJ in public will be lynched by the public. By then, online critics and e-critics will be on their own.

How can you say his rating has increased when OP, and the source, have not produced their estimation of his national approval rating. All we see is North Central, South South, and South East.

[size=20pt]NOI Polls is owned and named after Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.[/size]

I have nothing against her, but this is the definition of propaganda. Shameless that she expected we would believe this, especially since it was released the day after GEJ (her boss) was serially embarrassed at his own convention! GEJ is officially brain dead and desperate.

We are NOT stupi.d! Like this post if you hate lies and deception.

Insincere9gerian, did you participate in the said poll? How much is Jonathan sinking in this propaganda?

Atiku is sweeping the carpet off his feet, all he can do after begging is to pressurize us with fabricated figures.

Symphony007: Who are this idiotic pollsters? Were is their office? How credible are they? What was their criteria? Who did they poll? Did they call respondents or meet them on the streets? I certainly was'nt polled, so were is all the hogwash coming from? Crap!!

You'r having spasms of the fingers and trying to destroy the messenger simply because the message didn't favour your evil thoughts.

Well, for your information, NOI polls, has history, good track record and credibility. The surgical precision with which the NOI polls predicted the outcome of 2011 presidential and gubernatorial elections in Lagos is unparalled. Read below (note: poll was conducted in March 2011, while election was in April 2011):
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/03/noi-poll-jonathan-fashola-lead-survey-for-april-elections/
http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/news/76-hot-topic/19415-noi-polls-tips-jonathan-fashola-for-april-elections
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/noi-poll-53-nigerians-think-jonathan-ll-win/88321/

Fresh air= fresh propagander.

Eeeyah! I'm feeling bad for the President. He maybe a good man but he is not a good politician and a good President.

Sincere 9gerian:
You'r having spasms of the fingers and trying to destroy the messenger simply because the message didn't favour your evil thoughts.

Well, for your information, NOI polls, has history, good track record and credibility. The surgical precision with which the NOI polls predicted the outcome of 2011 presidential and gubernatorial elections in Lagos is unparalled. Read below (note: poll was conducted in March 2011, while election was in April 2011):
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/03/noi-poll-jonathan-fashola-lead-survey-for-april-elections/
http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/news/76-hot-topic/19415-noi-polls-tips-jonathan-fashola-for-april-elections
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/noi-poll-53-nigerians-think-jonathan-ll-win/88321/

So because they predicted that Fashola and GEJ would win, they are now 'surgical'?

Fashola won over 80% of the vote, so you would have to be blind to not predict his winning.
Ngozi's poll is always going to say that GEJ will win.

You are not making much sense.

This is why I like @Gbawe. He saw the good news (BAD news for him) on this thread and left dejected. I hope he manages to have dinner tonight. Subsequently, he'll be visiting this thread as guest. Lol..

Kairoseki77:

So because they predicted that Fashola and GEJ would win, they are now 'surgical'?

Fashola won over 80% of the vote, so you would have to be blind to not predict his winning.
GEJ won by an equally large margin.

You are not making much sense.

The FACTs are:

-NOI polls conducted before 2011 elections should that Fashola and GEJ would win in Lagos. When the elections was over, everything happened as stated in the NOI polls.
-NOI polls have been conducting polls since then on several national issues
-NOI polls has history of being fairly representative of the reality on ground.

Follow the links provided above and read more.

Sincere 9gerian: This is why I like @Gbawe. He saw the good news (BAD news for him) on this thread and left dejected. I hope he manages to have dinner tonight. Subsequently, he'll be visiting this thread as guest. Lol..

The poll being owned and operated by Ngozi was bad enough, but the fact that you are here is further proof that this is a paid propaganda.

Obviously, somebody is rigging!!!. Albeit, the poll, to me is non-substantiatively irrelevant. Some pple just seemingly want to make themselves happy, or create the silly impression that, this current PDP storm is not turning Retardeen's boat....#theirUsualKindergaten Politics/mentality. Come 2O15, Naija must progress

Sincere 9gerian: This is why I like @Gbawe. He saw the good news (BAD news for him) on this thread and left dejected. I hope he manages to have dinner tonight. Subsequently, he'll be visiting this thread as guest. Lol..

Bwahahahahahaha....@sincere9jerian, I swear you dey 'craze', ni. You wan use laugh killi me??

76% in d east? Mbanu i disagree.
D real percentage of GEJ loyalist in d east should be around 90-95%.
D more APC,Kwankwaso, Atiku and co try to fruitlessly castigate him,underscore him,hate him,frustrate him,d more we see reasons to increase our like and support for him .
In short their hate for GEJ is inversely proportional to our like for him.