We know about a man like Putin but apparently making campaign songs is the new international trend. Goodluck Jonathan had this song made for his campaign for presidency in 2011.
Popular Nigerian pop artists and actors and actresses boast green and white T-shirts saying "Reforms, transparency, good governance, Transformation, Accountability and I believe in Goodluck."Since then, the magic of song has died down a bit and Jonathan's true colors have shown through. While perceived as a strong moral leader in the election, by last month, he barely holds onto a 50% approval rating after a recent plunge in numbers. This could be due to violence and massive rolling blackouts throughout the south of Nigeria especially near oil refineries in the Niger River Delta.
Looking at Jonathan's approval rating by region of the nation, we shouldn't be surprised that his biggest supporters are the majority Christian South South and South East regions. Even in the North Central region, support is widespread despite being about one quarter Shari'a Law States. I was also not surprised that Jonathan's largest opposition came from the traditionally Muslim North West and North East regions. I was, however, originally surprised to read that the South West region was a source of opposition for Jonathan considering their strong christian majority. Upon a closer inspection, the South West region contains Port Harcourt and the majority of the Niger River Delta. Recent blackouts and distrust of foreign companies as well as horrific spills which have gone virtually undetected in U.S. media, may have easily led to a much higher disapproval rating in the South West region.
So I suppose there is just one more question to ask:
DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOODLUCK?
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