Deliver free education and a state university of technology — Jim Nwobodo

Total tracked

Kept

Partial / mixed

Broken

Kept

Partial / mixed

Broken

In progress

Education

Deliver free education and a state university of technology

Kept

The promise

Free education and expanded tertiary training, on the Nigeria People's Party platform on which Nwobodo was elected governor of the old Anambra State (then including today's Enugu and Ebonyi) in 1979.

Assessment

His government abolished fees, expanded schools and founded the Anambra State University of Technology (ASUTECH) in 1980, the parent institution of today's Enugu State University of Science and Technology and Nnamdi Azikiwe University. Detailed, sourced outcome data for the term is limited in the summary record.

Development

Invest in infrastructure and sport

Partial

The promise

Roads, water, industry and a high profile for Anambra sport, including the Enugu Rangers football club.

Assessment

Nwobodo was a prominent patron of Rangers International and backed road and water projects, but a comprehensive, sourced account of capital delivery over 1979–1983 is not available in the summary record.

Governance

Win a second term

Broken

The promise

Implicit in seeking re-election in 1983.

Assessment

Nwobodo lost the August 1983 election to Christian Onoh of the NPN amid allegations of rigging; Onoh served about three months before the December 1983 coup. Nwobodo later served in the Senate and as Minister of Youth and Sports under General Abacha.