A poll carried out by Infotrak Research and consulting shows that Nigerians are more worried over insecurity, unemployment, poverty, corruption and high cost of living than they are of the COVID-19 pandemic which has killed over 1,300 people in Nigeria in the last nine months.
The poll which shows that only 7 per cent of respondents expressed worry over COVD-19, 16 per cent of those surveyed placed insecurity and crime as their major worry in 2020, 14 per cent indicated that it was unemployment, about 13 per cent said the high cost of living was their major worry in 2021, 12 per cent indicated that it was poverty, while 10 per cent indicated that corruption was their major concern.
Breakdown of the data in terms of geopolitical zones reveals that 25 per cent of persons living in the troubled North-East say that their number one worry is insecurity, in the South-West 9 per cent of respondents say insecurity is their primary worry, in the North-East 11 per cent of respondents have the highest fear of a COVID-19 while the North-Central has the lowest at just two per cent.
The poll further revealed that 25 per cent of Nigerians believe the economy will get worse this year, while 18 per cent believe insecurity will worsen.
In the North-Central, there is a high sense of optimism in 2021 at 26 per cent while the South-East has the lowest at just 8 per cent.
