Civic Accountability · Nigeria

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Previously in Plateau:
2
Total tracked
0
Kept
1
Partial / mixed
1
Broken
Kept
Partial / mixed
Broken
In progress
Development
Govern the old Plateau State on the SDP platform
Partial
The promise
Roads, education and agriculture for the old Plateau State (then still including present-day Nasarawa), as elected governor from January 1992 on the SDP platform.
Assessment
The term was cut short by the November 1993 dissolution. Tapgun later served as a federal minister and ambassador under the Abacha regime.
Governance
Serve the full elected term
Broken
The promise
Implicit in the December 1991 election as governor of Plateau 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.