NGScorecard

The 2015 manifesto committed to provision of qualitative education for Kano residents, including expanding access for girls and Almajiri (itinerant Qur'anic) pupils.

The administration expanded educational access through dedicated girl-child and Almajiri schooling initiatives over its two terms.

Committed to expanding higher-education access in Kano State.

Three state-owned universities were established during Ganduje's tenure.

Pledged infrastructure modernisation across Kano, including road networks and urban renewal.

The administration delivered projects including the Kilometer-3 flyover, which cost over ₦16 billion, as part of a broader urban-renewal push.

The 2015 manifesto pledged to make Kano a functional, self-sustaining state through boosted Internally Generated Revenue.

Kano was among 24 states whose IGR earnings declined in 2015, and by 2023 Kano's IGR stood at just ₦40.5 billion — among the lowest of Nigeria's major states despite Kano's large population, well below states such as Kaduna (₦62bn) and Oyo (₦51bn).

Pledged to provide adequate water supply across the state as part of the 2015 manifesto's social-services agenda.

No independent, state-wide verification of a comprehensive water-supply upgrade comparable to the road and education programmes was identified.

Pledged improved healthcare as part of the 2015 manifesto's social-services agenda.

An independent budget-tracking assessment found Kano's health budgets met the recommended allocation threshold on paper but that actual execution of health spending was described as abysmal.

Pledged to boost agriculture as part of the 2015 manifesto's development priorities.

An Agriculture commissioner (Nasir Yusuf Gawuna) served continuously across both the Kwankwaso and Ganduje administrations, but no independent, quantified assessment of agricultural output growth under Ganduje specifically was identified.

Implicit in the administration's stewardship of Kano's traditional institutions, given the Emirate's historical role in the state.

Ganduje's government enacted the Emirate Council Law in 2019, splitting the historic Kano Emirate into five separate jurisdictions and dethroning Emir Muhammad Sanusi II in 2020; his successor repealed the law in 2024 and reinstated Sanusi, and the legality of the split remains contested in court as of 2026.

The 2015 manifesto pledged a government nurtured by virtues of diligence, integrity, prudence, respect, and honour.

A 2018 video showing Ganduje allegedly stuffing bundles of dollars said to be a $5 million bribe from contractors was forensically authenticated as genuine by Kano's own anti-corruption commission; in November 2024 a coalition of 51 anti-corruption groups formally petitioned the EFCC for his arrest and prosecution.

The 2015 manifesto's overarching pledge was to make Kano a functional and self-sustaining state through improved social services.

The administration delivered visible infrastructure and education gains, but these sit alongside a declining IGR position, contested traditional-institution governance, and major post-tenure corruption litigation, making the overall social-services record decidedly mixed.

Promised massive road construction, flyovers, and urban renewal across Kano State.

Ganduje's administration constructed 300+ km of roads, 10+ flyovers (Kofar Mata, Zaria Road, Airport Road, Kofar Kabuga, etc.), dualised major roads, and built the Kano Light Rail foundation. Kano-Katsina rail groundbreaking 2021.

Promised Kano Light Rail and supported Kano-Maradi standard gauge rail (groundbreaking 2021).

Kano-Maradi standard gauge (284km + Dutse branch, $1.96bn) groundbreaking Feb 2021. Kano Light Rail feasibility. Kano-Katsina rail groundbreaking 2021. Kano Light Rail feasibility studies.

Promised free education at primary/secondary levels, school renovations, and upgrade of Yusuf Maitama Sule University.

Free education at primary/secondary levels. Hundreds of schools renovated. Yusuf Maitama Sule University upgraded. Free WAEC/NECO for students. Almajiri education integration.

Promised free healthcare for pregnant women, children under 5, and elderly; renovation of hospitals and PHCs.

Free healthcare for pregnant women, children under 5, elderly. Hospitals upgraded. PHCs renovated. Free maternal/child health. Drug revolving fund.

Promised agricultural development through irrigation, rice milling, and rural road construction.

Rice milling clusters. Irrigation schemes (Watari, Bagauda). Rural feeder roads across 44 LGAs. Agricultural input subsidies. Tomatoes, rice, wheat value chains.