11
Total tracked
5
Kept
1
Partial / mixed
1
Broken
Kept
Partial / mixed
Broken
In progress
Kept
The promise
Promised transformative road infrastructure, drawing on Umahi's background as a civil engineer.
Assessment
The administration delivered over 1,000 kilometres of roads, pioneering the use of durable concrete (rather than asphalt) construction on signature projects such as the Abakaliki-Afikpo Road and the Abakaliki Ring Road, earning Umahi the nickname 'Concrete Governor'.
Kept
The promise
Promised to industrialise Ebonyi's economy across all three senatorial zones.
Assessment
Built three industrial clusters covering agriculture, technology and human-capital development, one in each senatorial zone.
Kept
The promise
Promised to revive agriculture, including the state's historic rice trade, through schemes such as 'One-man, One-hectare' and farmer input subsidies.
Assessment
Abakaliki rice processing capacity rose from about 120 metric tonnes to 180 metric tonnes a day under the administration's agro-empowerment programmes.
Kept
The promise
Promised to reposition Ebonyi's IGR by blocking leakages and harnessing the state's solid-mineral deposits.
Assessment
NBS-tracked IGR rose from ₦13.59 billion in 2020 to ₦26 billion in 2021, a 91.33% year-on-year increase, one of the larger single-year jumps recorded among the states in that period.
Broken
The promise
Campaigned on prudent, transparent stewardship of Ebonyi's treasury.
Assessment
An investigative report alleged Umahi transferred more than ₦3.6 billion in government money to his own construction company, Brass Engineering & Construction Nigeria Limited, across his time as deputy governor and governor; Umahi denied wrongdoing and sued the publisher for defamation.
Partial
The promise
Promised to secure the state and manage recurring communal tensions.
Assessment
A dusk-to-dawn curfew was imposed on Effium in January 2021 after clashes over control of a motor park escalated into sustained intra-communal violence; community petitions later put the death toll at over 500, indicating the crisis was only partially contained.
Kept
The promise
Umahi's Divine Mandate agenda prioritised infrastructure: roads, flyovers, urban renewal in Ebonyi.
Assessment
Umahi's administration built 300+ km of roads, constructed Ebonyi Flyover (first in state), dualised Abakaliki-Afkpo Road, Abakaliki-Ogoja Road, constructed rural roads across 13 LGAs. Ebonyi Flyover (first in Ebonyi) commissioned. Rural roads across 13 LGAs. Divine Mandate agenda.
completed
The promise
Promised to build the first flyover in Ebonyi State at Abakaliki.
Assessment
Ebonyi Flyover (first in Ebonyi) commissioned. Rural roads across 13 LGAs. Abakaliki-Afkpo dualisation. Abakaliki-Ogoja dualisation. Divine Mandate agenda.
completed
The promise
Promised dualisation of Abakaliki-Afkpo Road.
Assessment
Abakaliki-Afkpo Road dualised. Major inter-state corridor to Cross River. Economic corridor for Southeast. Completed.
completed
The promise
Promised dualisation of Abakaliki-Ogoja Road.
Assessment
Abakaliki-Ogoja Road dualised. Major inter-state corridor to Cross River. Economic corridor for Southeast. Completed.
completed
The promise
Promised rural roads across all 13 LGAs for farm-to-market connectivity.
Assessment
Rural roads across all 13 LGAs. Farm-to-market connectivity. Part of agricultural development. Rural connectivity. Divine Mandate agenda.