 Now, only one in ten Nigerians is happy with the current state of affairs in Nigeria on the president, Mohamed Abu-Hari, and that's according to a new survey by Africa Poll and Entity-to-IPI. The result of the survey published on Wednesday showed that as of January, about 78 percent of the citizens were not happy with the country's state of affairs, with almost half of that, that is, 37 percent saying they felt extremely sad about the state of the country. Now, the remaining 14 percent of the citizens said they were indifferent to the state of affairs in the country. Now, API, an independent research think tank, said the survey was conducted to elicit citizens' perception and attitudes and topical issues and trends covering a porpoise of social, economic, political, governance, and public life issues. We are now being joined by, Bioto, show me a political analyst. Good evening to you, Bioto, many thanks for joining us on the News Tower on Plus TV Africa. It's my pleasure. All right, Bioto, what do we have in our hands if we have just about eight percent of Nigerians being happy with what the President is doing, or has been doing so far as a country? What does it really tell the state of the nation? Well, the best way, like in many developed countries, to judge the well-being of the people and the development of the country is to simply look at the approval ratings of either the Prime Minister or the President. And that has been the trend. It's interesting that it's been introduced here because of the fact that statistics are often manipulated from people in political power. But with what this institute is doing, we are not able to actually evaluate what we have been told with the facts as being collected, as being gathered from the public. Note that the ratings of the President so far are not in the last a year and a half. And it's around security issues, when many Nigerians felt vulnerable. The country has never been so badly divided as it is today, to the point that the governments, the 17th-century governments demanded that the next President should come from the south, which did not also respond in kind, backed by the AMS from the north. Now, we are still in this lockdown. It's possibly close within the APC, same thing, within the PDP, more within the PDP. Now, the issue is the fact that people feel that the structure of the country's threatened, the individual security of life and property also threatened. We should not forget the activities of the headsmen, the bandits, and Boko Haram. These are three major issues that have actually devastated many homes, many communities. We have people being killed in thousands in Nigeria today. So it should not be surprising that Nigerians are feeling that way. That does not mean the President has not tried his best in other areas. For instance, around infrastructure, he's been doing some few things. Around agriculture, he's been doing some things which should be commended. But the fact of the matter is the first duty of any government is security of life and property, and all that is threatened. And the unity of the country is being questioned. Then you are likely going to have the writings of the President deep in, and that is what we have seen in our case in Nigeria. All right, Biodo, aside from the issue of security, would you really say that Nigerians actually having this bad perception maybe as a result of the state of the economy? Because from what we know, inflation is still biting harder by the day. Yes, the economy, there seems to be a gap between what Nigerians were promised when President Wadi was elected and prior to his election, and what is happening in reality today. Nigerians were promised a prosperous nation, a prosperous future. We were told that something would be done about exchange rates in order to stabilise it. Nigerians were promised that the cost of first subsidy. In fact, the campaign at that point in time from President Wari said was that first subsidy was a scam, and therefore, he didn't believe there was any subsidy. So now coming into what has happened since then, that we've seen a situation where the Naira not only depreciates for them, it went as far as it has never in history. It's not only about being doubled under percent increase, it's even more than under percent increase in the case of pounds. So when you look at that situation, it affects importers, it affects companies, it affects individuals. That is a major issue. The other issue is the issue of oil. Increasing the cost of petroleum products will have what apply effects on the economy. Every single aspect, including housing, were all affected. And yet, government is still thinking of tinkering with it until when public pressure caused them to back up. So in heriting the fuel at about 89 Naira per liter, if I still remember correctly from Jonathan, to the state that we're paying 162 Naira now, it has a major impact on the different standards of the people. So we are bound to see that being reflected also in the opinion polls. All right. Now, this particular administration that's led by the President Mohamed Rohari, a belly has a give or take, a 16 month. Is there anything that it can do to redeem its image and maybe sort of bring some sort of silver lining at the end of the day? I don't seem to get that. I said this present administration has barely 16 months before it's shot down as in power to another government. So as it is right now, is there any possibility? Is there really any chance that it can actually redeem its public image and get Nigerians to be happy with it in this short time? Yes, there is a lot that can still be done. For instance, the issue of Naira valuation is very, very important. I know it is a bit difficult for government to defend the Naira because of the extent of the borrowings, particularly done by this administration. Don't forget that debt inherited from the last administration was 12 billion and now we've gotten up to 48 billion. So an unprecedented level of debt overhang on the country and we're currently spending about 92% of our foreign exchange earning to service this debt. So consequently, what it means is government can only do little in that area in terms of defending the value of Naira in order to ensure a stable economy. That would be very, very difficult, particularly when the policies are being shaped by demand and supply as being implemented in our country today. The other area, which is the area of security, government can and this government is making efforts now. They've now finally agreed to call bandits terrorists and then sending them in the military after them. So it depends on the extent to which the president can assure the security of migrants or tell the activities of the bandits terrorists and go around terrorists that would lead to an improvement in his standard. Those who are worried about the state of the security of the country might eventually maybe change their mind and then that would increase, improve his regime. That's in the area of security. Well, in the areas of the economy, I doubt that there's anything the president can do. The country, the governors are only after removing what they call first off simply because they need to be able to pay salaries. The bulk of the money being hand to pay are being used to service the debt. So that is the situation point. I think it's only the areas of security that they can do something to make Nigerians feel better. All right. Thank you so much. I'm Biyadu. My pleasure.