TNS RMS Public Affairs Research division conducts an opinion poll among Nigerians to collect their views about the newly elected president Mr. Buhari and his key initiatives so far and public confidence .

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Nigeria Opinion Series
Vol. 3 – Nov. 2015
Prepared by TNS Nigeria
Public Affairs Research Division
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Key issues examined:
Opinion on country’s direction
President’s Job Approval
Ministerial Nominations
Treasury Single Account (TSA)

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think that the country
is headed in the right
direction
48%
Affirms the president’s
performance; a drop of
6% from August rating
68%
Are optimistic that the
formation of the Cabinet will
have a positive knock on effect
on the economy
83% Approve of the Treasury
Single Account (TSA)
policy
73%
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This wave in summary

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PMB's Job
Approval
May '15 -
August ’15 74%
November '15 68%
Power
Supply
May '15 6%
August ’15 74%
November '15 71%
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Over time…

5. Bolts and nuts…

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The questions…
Cause Impact
1 PMB's Job Approval
2 Has power supply improved?
3 State of the nation
4 PMB’s appointments tribalistic?
-How would you rate the performance of President
Muhammadu Buhari? Would you rate it very good, somewhat
good, somewhat poor or very poor?
-Talking about electric power supply in your area, would you
say it has improved, remained the same, or it has become
worse within the last 2 months
-What is your overall opinion on how things are going in our
country today. Would you say things are going in the right
direction or wrong direction?
-Some people have accused President Buhari of tribalism
based on the appointments he has made since resumption of
office while others think otherwise. How about you? Do you
think he has been tribalistic or not?
5 Ministerial nominations
6 Effect of having ministers on
the economy
7 Treasury Single Account (TSA)
8 Fuel Subsidy?
-As you may be aware that President Buhari has
nominated the ministers he will be working with, how
satisfied are you with the quality of the individuals he has
nominated?
-Do you think that appointment of the ministers will cause an
improvement in the economy?
-Do you support the directive by the Federal Government for
all its ministries and agencies to operate a single account?
-Do you support or oppose the complete removal of fuel
subsidy by the present administration
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7. Findings

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The number of people who think the country is headed in the
right direction dropped by 7% from August. PMB’s overall job
approval also dropped slightly
Right
Direction
31%
48%
Wrong
Direction
Affirms the president’s
performance; a drop of
6% from August rating
68%
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Nigerians are largely satisfied with and convinced that the
president’s nominations and appointments have been devoid of
tribal sentiments
22%
66%
12%
He has been tribalistic
He has NOT been tribalistic
No opinion
10%
13%
20%
28%
29%
Very dissatisfied
Somehow dissatisfied
Indifferent
Somehow satisfied
Very satisfied
PMB’s appointments tribalistic? Satisfaction with the nominations
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Perceived effect of the ministerial nominations on the
economy
are optimistic that the
nominations will have a
positive impact on the
economy
Do not think that
the nomination of
the ministers will
make a difference
83% 17%
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On the President’s men….
The public has a definite
opinion about only two
of the presidential
ministerial nominees
and Fashola is the more
favorably perceived of
the two that are known
14%
7%
6%
66%
Babatunde
Fashola
Rotimi
Amaechi
Others
Don't know
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71%
Report
improvement
in power
supply
73%
Support the
Single Treasury
Account
On power supply, TSA and fuel subsidy removal…
58%
Support the
removal of
fuel subsidy
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How was the data collected?
The survey was conducted among a
representative adult sample in each of the
6 geo-political zones plus Lagos.
Interviews were conducted through
telephone interviews at our CATI center.
In all, we interviewed 1003 adults using a
fully structured questionnaire. The sample
was split almost evenly between males
and females and regional allocation was
done according to the population provision
for each region.
We have a rich pool of over 500,000
telephone numbers from consenting
participants in earlier conducted surveys
from which the sample for this current
study was drawn.
Fieldwork was done between October 28th
and November 2nd 2015.
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For more:
Mariam Fagbemi
TNS RMS Public Affairs Research
Tel: + 234 1 802 903 2940
Email: mariam.fagbemi@tnsglobal.com
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