Opinion Polling On Issues Affecting S. Sudanese Is Underway The International Republican Institute (IRI) is conducting a national public opinion polling in the Republic of South Sudan to gauge the views of the citizens on the biggest issues facing them, the IRI Resident Programme Officer Mr. James Turitto has announced. 12 September 2011 Opinion Polling On Issues Affecting S. Sudanese Is Underway Mr James Turitto making a presentation during the workshop in Juba [©M. Safi]
JUBA, 12th September 2011 – The International Republican Institute (IRI) is conducting a national public opinion polling in the Republic of South Sudan to gauge the views of the citizens on the biggest issues facing them, the IRI Resident Programme Officer Mr. James Turitto has announced. The International Republican Institute (IRI) has conducted more than 150 national public opinion polls in 37 countries around the world including five African countries such as Angola, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria and Uganda. In this particular project the IRI is partnering with a renowned American pollster Petcher Polls and Samahi, a South Sudanese research firm. Mr Turitto also said that the poll is being conducted in collaboration with the South Sudan National Legislative Assembly and political parties. He explained that the polling exercise began in July this year and that the results are expected sometime in November 2011. The project commenced in July with the development of the questionnaire and recruitment of the researchers. Its estimated that the data collection will take about 2 to 3 weeks after which the data will be processed and released. IRI has underscored the role of opinion polling on gauging people’s opinions about national issues to enable policy makers and political parties to make more responsive decisions which are in tandem with the top priorities of the populace. Mr Ian Worte, the Petcher Polls’ Field Trainer urged the government and other policy makers to make use of research findings in decision making, policy communication, identifying policy and other needs as well as evaluating existing programmes. He explained that opinion polls bridge the information gap between the grassroots and the government and other institutions. The two research officers made these remarks at a workshop organized last Friday to sensitize various stakeholders on opinion polling. The workshop was held at “Home and Away” in Juba. Source: goss.org Edited: Gurtong Posted in: Home Comments RSS comment feed There are currently no comments, be the first to post one. Add Comment -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
