From Ighomuaye Lucky, Benin
The Civic Voices Nigeria (CVN), yesterday, said its opinion poll carried out on the citizens of Edo state ahead of the governorship election in the state has shown respondents preferring competency to political zoning of governorship slot to a particular region of the state.
The group disclosed this while speaking on what it theme “The Civic Voices of Edo 2024 Opinion Polls Findings” in Benin.
The Team Lead, CVN, Idris Zekeri Junior said respondents want the next government to provide the citizens with water, roads and light.
He said the poll was conducted using the interview survey method and 526 persons where interviewed, 306 persons in four locations across Edo South, 136 persons in three locations across Edo North and 84 persons in three locations across Edo Central.
Zekeri said respondents rated the present governor who has served for seven and half years, poorly in terms of physical infrastructure and food security.
He said when they asked the respondents what areas they would like the next government to prioritize that will effect them positively, he said 276 persons, representing approximately 52.5 percent of the sample size picked water, roads and light. 114 persons representing 21.7 percent of the sample size picked price control (cost of basic necessities. 58 persons representing approximately 11 percent of the sample size picked job creation while 36 persons representing approximately 6.8 percent of the sample size picked education, 4.2 percent picked improved security and 2.1 percent highlighted other sundry issues.
The Team Lead, CVN added that from their survey, it was also learnt that 70 percent of the respondents said that they would be voting for their preferred candidates regardless of their political parties.