What Nigerians expect next year

A report by Research and Marketing Services (RMS) has revealed that the key expectations of the electorate in next year’s election are employment creation, stable electricity, and poverty eradication.

The RMS in the report, titled, “Pulse of the Nation,” said free qualitative education, economic development, infrastructural development, free healthcare for elderly and young children, building industries and empowerment of citizens are also what electorate expected. The “Pulse of the Nation,” a quarterly Pan Nigeria opinion poll survey, also showed that corruption (65 per cent) remains the biggest problem facing the country, followed by crime (47 per cent) and breakdown of the rule of law (44 per cent).

The survey revealed improvement in the performance of the government as it was rated 33 per cent by respondents. This recorded an increase as against 15 per cent in the June survey.

Rule of law also improved from 30 per cent as being expected as against 4 per cent in June.

According to the report, more people plan to participate in the forthcoming voter’s registration in the country and it is put up to (81 to 89 per cent).

Adeola Tejumola, Chief Executive Officer of RMS, said the survey is a corporate social responsibility initiative of the organisation, adding that the essence of the survey is to gauge the opinion of Nigerians on issues of national prominence.

Mr Tejumola said the survey revealed a growing awareness amongst the people that their votes count. The survey also stated that there was an increase of 14 per cent in respondents who expressed determination to vote in 2011. According to Mr Tejumola, the survey showed that the overall performance rating of President Goodluck Jonathan stood at 77 per cent. “This was the same result obtained during the last survey in June. A total of 92 per cent of the populace representing an increase of 11 per cent also gave approval to his desire to contest next year.

Nigerians want the President to focus on developing amenities such as electricity and water. These are followed by corruption and education.” Other aspirants were rated on key attributes: Pat Utomi scored highest on integrity (39 per cent); Abubakar Atiku on Leadership quality (20 per cent); Mohammed Buhari on accountability (16 per cent).

The RMS in the last 10 months has carried out a survey on issues surrounding the forthcoming elections and the state of the nation. The survey was conducted amongst 5,000 adults aged between 18 years and above eligible Nigerians living in all states of the federation and the Federal Capital City.

It was a qualitative research technique through face to face personal interview using a fully structured questionnaire.

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