Gentlemen
and ladies of the press:
May
I on behalf of the CLEEN Foundation, warmly welcome you all to this important
media presentation of highlights of the Afrobarometer round 5 Survey, being
organized by the CLEEN Foundation in collaboration with the Afrobarometer
Network and the Center for Democratic Development CDD-Ghana.
The
Afrobarometer (AB) is a comparative series of public opinion surveys that
measure public attitudes toward democracy, governance, the economy, leadership,
identity, and other related issues. The AB is an independent, non-partisan,
African-based network of researchers. The first round of surveys took place in
1999-2001 in 12 countries. The Network has conducted “Round 5” surveys in
up to 35 countries including Nigeria during 2011-2012.
Two thousand four hundred (2,400) respondents
were interviewed in their homes using personal face-to-face interview and
multi-stage sampling technique. To ensure adequate representation of adult
Nigerians population, probability sampling procedure was used to neutralize any
known form of bias that may affect the findings of the study. Respondents were
males and females, age 18 years and above. Interviews were conducted
throughout week days and weekends, to ensure that respondents of all works of
life were included in the sample.
What is
the purpose of the Afrobarometer survey in Nigeria?
The
purpose of Afrobarometer survey in Nigeria is to measure popular perspectives
on the social, political, and economic environment. The goal is to give the
public a voice in policy making processes by providing
high-quality public opinion data to policy-makers, policy advocates and civil
society organizations, academics, media, donors and investors, and ordinary
Africans.
What
is quality of the Data being presented?
We went to the greatest length in quality control
measures in order to ensure that the process of collecting and analyzing the
data we are presenting today adhered to the highest possible international
standard in reliability.
Field Administration of Questionnaire
The field administration of the survey
questionnaire in Nigeria was handled by the Practical Sampling International
(PSI), a reputable social research firm that has worked with the CLEEN
Foundation and the Afrobarometer network over the years and has conducted
similar surveys for local and international organizations.
Our
appeal
We urge you to give the widest publicity to the
findings of this survey as that would contribute in making them available to
stakeholders that need the information in addition to other measures we
normally take in publicizing the results of this survey. These include
presentation of the findings to the government and other stakeholder in Nigeria,
publishing them in newspapers, on the website and in working papers.
Once
Again I thank you for coming.
'Kemi Okenyodo
Executive
Director
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