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| Yar'Adua's rating falls from 75% to 25% in 2 years
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) -
A little over two years in office, only 25% of responden
ts in an opinion poll carried out by one of Nigeria's leading newspapers are sat
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sfied with the performance of President Umaru Yar'Adua, down from the 75 per cen
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recorded 100 days into his four-year tenure.
Interestingly, according to details of the Guardian Opinion Poll (GOP) published
Sunday, most of those who disapproved of the President's performance are from h
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s own part of the country, the North.
``The respondents said that the President was too slow and had made no significa
nt effort in actualising his seven-point agenda as the reasons they adduced for
h
is performance. They argued that the President had failed the nation and the mas
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es were suffering,'' the paper said.
According to a breakdown of the poll, in line with the President's seven-point a
genda, the government's achievement in the power sector was rated poor by 56% of
the respondents while the performance in Electoral Reform was rated poor by 42%.
The President had made electoral reform a priority of his administration, in vie
w of the controversy that trailed the 2007 general elections, including the poll
that brought him (Yar'Adua) to power.
In others, 35% rate the performance in Education poor; Agriculture (36% poor); N
iger Delta (37% poor); Health (35% poor)and Employment (62% poor).
Meanwhile, the poor rating also affected the bicameral National Assembly (parlia
ment), with the approval of the lawmakers dropping from 18% to 7%.
``Those who were 'not satisfied' with the performance of the legislators argued
that they (lawmakers) were all political jobbers seeking and defending their per
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onal interest,'' the Guardian said.
The opinion poll was conducted 18-31 May 2009 and covers all the six geopolitica
l zones of the country.
The findings of the survey tally with the assessment of the administration by it
s critics, and will surely be seized upon by the opposition to further lambaste
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he government which it had labelled 'a do-nothing' administration.
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| Lagos - 26/07/2009 |
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