See Top Three Areas Where Nigerians Expect Government’s Attention In 2019

The new year poll report released by NOIPolls indicating the areas needing Government’s attention,see the top three below

SURVEY FINDINGS

The poll results revealed that a higher proportion of Nigerians (49
percent) want the government to focus its attention towards improving
the quality and standard of education in the country given the current
state of the sector. Similarly, 44 percent expect the government to
drastically improve the security situation in the country considering
the challenges faced in these areas in 2018. This is followed by 36
percent who cited electricity supply. Other areas that Nigerians wants
the government to focus its attention on in 2019 include ‘Economy’ (32
percent), ‘Agriculture’ (29 percent), ‘Job creation’ (26 percent),
‘Infrastructure’ (22 percent) and ‘Health care’ (18 percent) amongst
others.

Further analysis by geo-political zones revealed
certain peculiarities across geo-political zones regarding the areas
Nigerians expects the government to focus its attention on in 2019. For
instance, while education (64 percent) and security seems to be a
priority for residents from the North-West and North-East zones,
electricity appears to be a more pressing issue for Nigerians in the
South-South zone. Similarly, residents in the South-West zone indicated
that economy as the most pressing area where the government should focus
its attention on in 2019.

In conclusion, the poll has
revealed that the quality and standard of education is Nigeria is
unacceptable as most Nigerians task the government to improve the sector
in 2019. Also, Nigerians lamented over the state of internal security
in the country in 2018 hence 44 percent specifically mentioning that the
government should tackle security challenges in 2019. Despite the
current 7,000 Mega Watts (MW) of electricity being generated, 36 percent
of Nigerians want the government to improve the sector so as to empower
SMEs and other ventures to grow their businesses. It is therefore the
responsibility of the government to listen to the demands of its
citizens and work to improve in these areas to ensure a better quality
of life for the average Nigerians. Finally, it is advised that the
government put an end to the various security challenges that pervaded
Nigeria in 2018 so as to attract more investors.