Assessment of government performance revealed nearly an equal proportion of households agreed and disagreed that the new National People’s Party government has good plans to increase access to health care and improve overall health performance.
THE Gambia Postelection Opinion Poll Survey 2022 conducted by Mr. Lamin Dampha, Mr. Yusupha F.J Dibba,Dr. Hamidou Jawara and Dr. Mustapha Jobarte stated that respondents in Upper River Region gave more favourable rating to the new government on health performance, while respondents in KM gave the highest unfavourable rating of the new government the health indicator.
According to Survey the majority of respondents indicated that government’s plan for education is good or excellent.
However, only few of the respondents reported that the current education system prepares people for the job market, and this view is strongest in urban areas of the country (WCR, KM, and BCC).
“A significant majority (85%) of the respondents, across all regions, believe that the government has not done enough to stabilise prices. Moreover, 67% believe that the performance of the economy is not satisfactory.
Respondents in Banjul are more dissatisfied with the new government performance in economy than in other regions,” the survey revealed.
The survey also noted that most respondents (54%) disagreed and strongly disagreed that the new government is interested in helping farmers, which is strongest in the farming communities of Lower River Region and North Bank Region.
Furthermore, 53% of respondents believe that government’s handling or groundnut sales is not satisfactory.
The survey observed that domestic crime is increasing and increasing rapidly according to 76% of the respondents, which is highest in KM, CRR, and BCC.
“Dissatisfaction with the ECOMIG forces is greatest in WCR and LRR. Nationally, 55% of respondents are not happy with their presence against 29% that are satisfied and very satisfied with ECOMIG forces stay in the country. In the same vein, more respondents believe that the new government is now not interested in the security sector reform,” the survey pointed out.
“Majority of respondents hold the view that government is not interested in subventing or strengthening local government structures.
A substantial majority of respondents in the poll (81%) disapprove of the government decision to grant fishing license to EU and China, while half of the respondent believe that the Gambia-Senagalo relationship is exploitative of The Gambia,” the survey added.
“Trust of the judiciary remains high as 60% of respondents reported that the system can be trusted.
Furthermore, majority of the respondents believe that the Supreme court’s on election allegation was satisfactory and very satisfactory.
Considerable proportion of respondents included in this poll (47%) hold the view that government is not committed to women leadership while 35% hold a different view to the majority. 10. Overall government performance on youth development is rated as poor and very poor by majority of the respondents,” the survey concluded.