Nigeria: With Post-PDP Convention Bounce, Jonathan Gets 73 Percent Approval Rating

This Day

7 March 2011

With Post-PDP Convention Bounce, Jonathan Gets 73 Percent Approval Rating

Lagos — President Goodluck Jonathan is doing a good job in office, according to a poll conducted by THISDAY/Ipsos to gauge the pre-election mood of Nigerians.

Despite the protracted problems such as lack of electricity, unemployment, falling education standards, corruption, ethnic and religious tension and insecurity, in almost 12 years of leadership provided by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), three quarters of Nigerians registered to vote indicated that are happy with the Jonathan administration.

To the question: Agree or disagree with the statement "Goodluck Jonathan is doing a good job as president of Nigeria", 38.1 per cent said they "strongly agree", while 34.9 per cent said "somewhat agree", giving the president a positive score of 73 per cent.

On the negative side, 9.7 per cent said they "strongly disagree" and 8.2 per cent said they "somewhat disagree", representing 17.9 per cent "disapproval" - while 9.1 per cent responded "don't know" or "uncertain".

The poll was conducted through face-to-face in-home interviews by trained Ipsos interviewers in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) between January 25 and February 8, 2011.