Civic Accountability · Nigeria

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Previously in Kebbi:
2
Total tracked
0
Kept
1
Partial / mixed
1
Broken
Kept
Partial / mixed
Broken
In progress
Governance
Build the institutions of the new Kebbi State
Partial
The promise
As the first elected governor of Kebbi State — created on 27 August 1991 out of Sokoto State — to establish its capital administration at Birnin Kebbi and its civil service from scratch, on the SDP platform.
Assessment
Institution-building had barely started when the elected government was dissolved in November 1993.
Governance
Serve the full elected term
Broken
The promise
Implicit in the December 1991 election as governor of Kebbi State.
Assessment
Removed on 17 November 1993, when General Sani Abacha's coup dissolved every elected government in Nigeria and replaced governors with military administrators — about 22 months into a four-year term.