5
Total tracked
3
Kept
1
Partial / mixed
1
Broken
Kept
Partial / mixed
Broken
In progress
Kept
The promise
Promised improved road infrastructure connecting Yola and other major towns.
Assessment
Invested roughly ₦40 billion in road construction and rehabilitation, developing township road networks in Yola and other major towns.
Kept
The promise
Promised to prioritise agriculture, drawing on his own background in large-scale farming.
Assessment
Established agricultural training centres and ran fertiliser-distribution and farmer-training programmes aimed at boosting production of rice, maize and mangoes and reducing import dependency.
Partial
The promise
Implicit requirement to maintain a working relationship with the Adamawa State House of Assembly.
Assessment
Relations with the Assembly swung sharply over the tenure: an early attempt to impeach him in 2008 was headed off by President Yar'Adua's personal intervention, and by March 2010 the Assembly passed a vote of confidence calling him a 'messiah' to the state — only for the same Assembly to impeach him for corruption and gross misconduct in July 2014, a removal later ruled unlawful by the courts.
Broken
The promise
Campaigned on accountable stewardship of Adamawa's public funds.
Assessment
The EFCC charged Nyako and his son with a 37-count conspiracy, theft, abuse of office and money-laundering case involving over ₦29 billion; a Federal High Court ruled in 2021 that he had a case to answer, and the trial continued years later without a final verdict.