10
Total tracked
1
Kept
5
Partial / mixed
4
Broken
Kept
Partial / mixed
Broken
In progress
Broken
The promise
Public Service & Pension Reform was one of the administration's five stated priority themes from 2016.
Assessment
Organised labour told Bello his administration owed workers between 8 and 39 months of salary arrears; predecessor Idris Wada left only two months of arrears on departure in January 2016, meaning most of the backlog accumulated under Bello's own administration despite his public claim that he owed workers "not a dime".
Partial
The promise
Job Creation & Youth Empowerment was one of the administration's five stated priority themes from 2016.
Assessment
The theme was formally adopted as a governance priority, but no independent, quantified assessment of jobs created was identified.
Partial
The promise
Infrastructure & Utilities was one of the administration's five stated priority themes from 2016.
Assessment
The theme was formally adopted as a governance priority; a comprehensive independent audit of delivered infrastructure against this pledge was not identified.
Partial
The promise
Education was one of the administration's five stated priority themes from 2016.
Assessment
The theme was formally adopted as a governance priority, but sat alongside the extended non-payment of teacher salaries, with over 7,000 public school teachers reporting 8 to 39 months of unpaid wages.
Partial
The promise
Health was one of the administration's five stated priority themes from 2016.
Assessment
The theme was formally adopted as a governance priority; no independent, quantified assessment of healthcare outcomes under the administration was identified.
Broken
The promise
Implicit in the administration's Public Service & Pension Reforms priority theme, given the fiscal strain of unpaid arrears.
Assessment
By 2023, Kogi spent roughly ₦17.66 billion servicing debt against total revenue of only ₦23.66 billion — nearly 74% of income going to debt service — driven mainly by rising domestic borrowing over the tenure.
Broken
The promise
Implicit in the administration's public-service reform agenda and general good-governance commitments.
Assessment
The EFCC charged Bello with 19 counts of money laundering, breach of trust, and misappropriation of ₦80.2 billion (later cited up to ₦110.4 billion), alleging he used proxies to acquire 13 properties in Abuja and Dubai and wired over $700,000 to a US bank account.
Broken
The promise
Implicit in the IGR-growth agenda, given that market women and artisans were among the groups levied to fund it.
Assessment
An independent Dataphyte investigation examined allegations that a substantial share of revenue collected from Kogi workers and market women over the eight-year tenure was diverted rather than applied to public services.
Partial
The promise
Adopted Education, Health, Job Creation & Youth Empowerment, Infrastructure & Utilities, and Public Service & Pension Reforms as the administration's five governance pillars.
Assessment
An independent Dataphyte performance review assessed the administration's record against these stated pillars, finding a mixed record with significant fiscal-governance shortfalls alongside claimed thematic achievements.