Secure a legitimate mandate as the PDP's candidate — Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi

Total tracked

Kept

Partial / mixed

Broken

Kept

Partial / mixed

Broken

In progress

Infrastructure

Deliver a major road-construction programme

Kept

The promise

Promised extensive road infrastructure across Rivers State.

Assessment

The administration completed over 900km of road distance, accounting for a reported 64.2 percent of the total roads built in the state during the assessed period.

Education

Take over primary and junior secondary teachers' salaries

Kept

The promise

Promised to resolve chronic teacher salary payment problems at the local government level.

Assessment

On assumption of office, the administration took over payment of primary and junior secondary school teachers' salaries directly from the state, removing the responsibility from local government councils.

Governance

Secure a legitimate mandate as the PDP's candidate

Kept

The promise

Implicit in the contested 2007 nomination: establish a legally sound claim to the governorship.

Assessment

After the PDP substituted Celestine Omehia for Amaechi shortly before the 2007 election, the Supreme Court ruled on 25 October 2007 that the substitution was invalid and declared Amaechi the party's authentic candidate and the rightful winner of the April 2007 election, sacking Omehia after roughly six months in office.

Governance

Transparent, accountable use of state funds

disputed

The promise

Campaigned on accountable stewardship of Rivers State's oil-revenue-funded treasury.

Assessment

A seven-man panel set up by successor Nyesom Wike later alleged Amaechi's administration withdrew ₦96 billion improperly and questioned asset sales including several gas turbines and the Olympia Hotel; Rivers State filed and then withdrew criminal charges, and the Supreme Court ultimately dismissed the panel's indictment of Amaechi entirely in 2022.