Executive orders, gubernatorial directives, and major policy decisions issued during the 2015–2019 term — tracked from announcement through to real-world effect.
5
Total orders
2
Implemented
2
Partial
1
Reversed
Implemented
The directive
Directed the inauguration of the ₦25 billion Employment Trust Fund board to provide financial support to SMEs and create jobs.
Real-world effect
The Fund began operating as the administration's flagship job-creation and SME-support vehicle.
Implemented
The directive
Directed the construction of at least two new roads in every local government area each year.
Real-world effect
114 roads were completed and publicly showcased by October 2016 alone, continuing through the rest of the term.
Reversed
The directive
Directed the clearance of the Otodo Gbame waterfront settlement, displacing roughly 30,000 residents; the settlement was demolished again in March 2017 despite an ongoing court process.
Real-world effect
A Lagos High Court ruled in 2017 that the forcible eviction was unconstitutional and ordered compensation and a resettlement plan; the administration was accused of not complying with the resettlement order.
Partial
The directive
Directed that the administration not take on new foreign credit facilities to fund state activities, framing all foreign debt as inherited.
Real-world effect
Independent debt-office data nonetheless recorded external debt growth of roughly $244 million over the four-year term, suggesting the directive was not fully adhered to or that new obligations arose despite it.
Partial
The directive
Directed procurement under a Bus Reform Project intended to modernise Lagos's public transport system.
Real-world effect
The project's procurement process later became the subject of a Lagos State House of Assembly investigation into Ambode, which a court ordered suspended in October 2019.