Civic Accountability · Nigeria

NGScorecard

Previously in Cross River:
Term report
4
Total tracked
3
Kept
0
Partial / mixed
0
Broken
Kept
Partial / mixed
Broken
In progress
Health
Provide free healthcare for pregnant women and young children
Kept
The promise
Promised free healthcare targeted at mothers and young children, citing the state's high infant mortality rate at the start of the tenure.
Assessment
Introduced free healthcare for pregnant women and children up to age five, directly addressing the high infant mortality rate inherited at the start of the administration.
Youth
Support youth reintegration and workplace skills
Kept
The promise
Promised targeted support for unemployed and unemployable youth.
Assessment
Launched the 'Hope & Comfort' programme, including a conditional-cash-transfer component to incentivise retraining for workplace skills and reintegrate unemployed youth through a monthly stipend.
Governance
Secure a legally sound electoral mandate
Kept
The promise
Implicit in contesting for office: hold a mandate that would withstand legal challenge.
Assessment
His initial April 2007 election was annulled by an Election Appeal Tribunal in July 2008, but he won the court-ordered fresh election on 23 August 2008 and was re-installed as governor five days later.
Governance
Transparent, accountable use of public and party funds
disputed
The promise
Campaigned on accountable stewardship of Cross River's public funds.
Assessment
The EFCC questioned Imoke in 2016 over his alleged role in ₦500 million of a $115 million sum former Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke allegedly lodged with the Cross River PDP chairman during the 2015 election campaign; no charges were confirmed to have followed.