Civic Accountability · Nigeria

NGScorecard

Previously in Osun:
Term report
3
Total tracked
2
Kept
0
Partial / mixed
1
Broken
Kept
Partial / mixed
Broken
In progress
Education
Expand access to university education
Kept
The promise
Promised improved access to tertiary education for Osun State.
Assessment
Established Osun State University as a multi-campus institution designed to expand university access across the state.
Infrastructure
Deliver broad infrastructure and rural welfare programmes
Kept
The promise
Promised investment across infrastructure, agriculture, healthcare, water supply, transportation and job creation.
Assessment
The administration placed sustained emphasis on infrastructure, agriculture, education, healthcare, water supply, transportation, security and job creation, running welfare and development programmes particularly targeted at rural communities.
Governance
Secure a legally sound re-election mandate
Broken
The promise
Implicit in seeking re-election in 2007: hold a mandate that would withstand legal challenge.
Assessment
His 2007 re-election was contested for over three years; a retrial tribunal upheld his election in May 2010, but the Court of Appeal in Ibadan reversed that finding on 26 November 2010, nullifying results in 10 local government areas and declaring rival candidate Rauf Aregbesola the duly elected governor after a recount.