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Inherited problems
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Fixed
1
Partial progress
Fixed
Partial progress
Fixed
The problem
Uzodinma assumed office not through direct victory at the polls but via a Supreme Court reversal on 14 January 2020, which found that votes from 388 polling units had been wrongly excluded and declared him winner after finishing fourth in the original count — sacking sitting Governor Emeka Ihedioha without a conventional electoral handover.
What was done
The Supreme Court dismissed Ihedioha's application to reverse the judgment on 3 March 2020, and Uzodinma went on to win a decisive re-election mandate of his own in November 2023, later affirmed by the Supreme Court in August 2024.
Broken
The problem
Imo entered 2020 amid an escalating wave of attacks by unidentified armed groups and separatist-linked agitation across the South-East.
What was done
The crisis continued and, by several measures, worsened, with over 400 killed between 2019 and 2021 and continued attacks into 2025, alongside IPOB's own allegations that state security actors were implicated in extrajudicial killings — allegations the government denies.
Broken
The problem
The administration says it inherited a monthly IGR of around ₦600 million in January 2020.
What was done
Growth since has been real but far more modest than publicly claimed: an independent fact-check found the highest monthly IGR actually documented was ₦1.73 billion in 2021, and Imo generated only 3.78% of its projected annual IGR target in Q1 2023.
Partial
The problem
Imo's domestic debt trajectory rose steadily across the administration's tenure, reaching a peak of ₦562.18 billion in 2024.
What was done
The state subsequently topped national debt-reduction rankings, paying down ₦42.40 billion between December 2024 and 2025 to become the first of 22 states that cut its indebtedness in that period, according to Debt Management Office data.