5
Total tracked
0
Kept
2
Partial / mixed
3
Broken
Kept
Partial / mixed
Broken
In progress
Broken
The promise
Promised a 260km dual-carriage superhighway linking Calabar to Katsina-Ala as a flagship infrastructure and economic project.
Assessment
The project required an estimated ₦648 billion, to be repaid through ₦300 million monthly instalments; fiscal watchdog BudgIT warned the debt service structure could take roughly 180 years to repay based on the state's projected revenues, and the road remained substantially incomplete at the end of the tenure.
Partial
The promise
Promised to establish new industries to diversify Cross River's economy.
Assessment
The administration launched 33 industrial projects, including a 30,000-tonnes-per-annum cocoa processing plant, and Ayade was recognised by the United Nations as a champion of industrialisation; a number of the projects were still ramping up production by the end of the tenure.
Partial
The promise
Promised direct job creation for unemployed youths under a 'food on the table' policy.
Assessment
Over ten thousand youths were placed on the state government payroll under the scheme, though the state's broader fiscal position, strained by the superhighway debt, raised questions about the programme's sustainability.
Broken
The promise
Campaigned on accountable stewardship of state resources.
Assessment
Investigative reporting alleged sustained looting of the state treasury running well over ₦100 billion through three private companies linked to Ayade's family and allies; a civil society group separately petitioned the EFCC to investigate him, though the group later accused the EFCC of failing to act on the petition.