4
Total tracked
0
Kept
1
Partial / mixed
3
Broken
Kept
Partial / mixed
Broken
In progress
Broken
The promise
Promised to tackle Zamfara's banditry crisis through a 'cows-for-guns' amnesty and dialogue programme rather than purely military means.
Assessment
The amnesty freed hundreds of hostages and saw repentant fighters publicly surrender arms, with the administration claiming 90% of bandits were ready to disarm in 2019; the programme ultimately collapsed as many participants returned to banditry, and Matawalle later withdrew the amnesty, blaming political sabotage.
Partial
The promise
Promised to disrupt the illegal mining revenue that helped fund banditry, alongside community-level security.
Assessment
The administration banned illegal mining as a bandit revenue source and paid stipends to vigilante groups, but banditry and kidnapping remained a severe, ongoing crisis in the state through the end of the tenure.
Broken
The promise
Campaigned on transparent, accountable use of Zamfara's treasury.
Assessment
The EFCC opened a probe into an alleged ₦70 billion in phantom contracts and fund diversion involving over 100 companies with no evidence of services rendered, and a post-tenure state transition committee report put total misapplied or misappropriated funds at over ₦250 billion across the 2019-2023 term.