Govern Gongola State on the GNPP platform — Abubakar Barde

Total tracked

Kept

Partial / mixed

Broken

Kept

Partial / mixed

Broken

In progress

Governance

Govern Gongola State on the GNPP platform

Broken

The promise

To deliver education, agriculture and rural infrastructure across Gongola State (present-day Adamawa and Taraba) as a Great Nigeria People's Party governor elected in 1979.

Assessment

Barde's administration pursued schooling and agricultural programmes in a large, ethnically diverse state. A quantified, sourced account of delivery over 1979–1983 is not available in the summary record.

Governance

Serve a full elected term

Broken

The promise

Implicit in his 1979 election and 1983 re-election as governor of Gongola State.

Assessment

Barde survived an impeachment attempt, defected from the GNPP to the NPP after a split with Waziri Ibrahim, and lost the 1983 election to Bamanga Tukur of the NPN. Tukur served about three months before the December 1983 coup.