3
Total tracked
1
Kept
1
Partial / mixed
1
Broken
Kept
Partial / mixed
Broken
In progress
Kept
The promise
Free primary and secondary education, the UPN's first cardinal programme, on which Ige was elected governor of the old Oyo State (then including today's Osun) in 1979.
Assessment
Fees were abolished and enrolment expanded sharply; free education is the record most consistently credited to his term, alongside investment in roads, water and rural electrification.
Partial
The promise
Free health care and improved services, the rest of the UPN programme.
Assessment
Health facilities and rural infrastructure were expanded, but quantified, sourced outcomes for 1979–1983 are limited in the summary record.
Broken
The promise
Implicit in seeking re-election in 1983.
Assessment
Ige lost the August 1983 election to Victor Omololu Olunloyo of the NPN amid UPN allegations of large-scale rigging. Olunloyo served roughly three months before the December 1983 coup. Ige went on to be a senior progressive figure, Minister of Mines and Power then Attorney-General of the Federation under Obasanjo, and was assassinated at home in Ibadan in December 2001.