NOIPolls reveal dip in President Buhari's job approval rating.

Renowned survey agency, NOIPolls, yesterday, indicated that President Muhammadu Buhari’s job approval rating has suffered a decline. According to the result of the survey, President Buhari’s approval rating for the month of June 2016 stood at 39 percent as against a very high rating of 80 per cent in October 2015. This latest score, according to NOIPOlls, equally represented a nine-point decline when compared to the rating in May 2016, which stood at 48 percent
The results of this revealed a high level of dissatisfaction of Nigerians on his performance in the areas of conflict resolution (28 percent), agriculture and food security (21 percent), health care (20 percent), education (18 percent), economy (15 percent), job creation (13 percent), infrastructure (13 percent), and poverty alleviation (11 percent) as he was rated poorly in these areas.

 The agency disclosed that the opinion poll was conducted in the week of June 27, 2016 and that it involved telephone interviews of a random nationwide sample. It said that 1,000 randomly selected phone-owning Nigerians aged 18 years and above, representing the six geopolitical zones in the country, were interviewed.