10
Total tracked
3
Kept
2
Partial / mixed
5
Broken
Kept
Partial / mixed
Broken
In progress
Kept
The promise
Promised a governing framework built on Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, and Recovery — rebuilding infrastructure, restoring public institutions, and repositioning the state's economy.
Assessment
Large-scale infrastructure investment has been the most visible feature of the administration, with new roads and public works cited as improving transportation, market access, and public confidence in government infrastructure across the state.
Broken
The promise
Promised substantial growth in the state's internally generated revenue, at various points claiming monthly IGR rose from ₦600 million to as much as ₦3 billion.
Assessment
An independent fact-check found the highest monthly IGR actually recorded under the administration (as of a July 2023 appraisal) was ₦1.73 billion in 2021 — well below the ₦3 billion figure claimed — and a separate analysis found Imo generated just 3.78% of its projected annual IGR in Q1 2023, ranking among states that most missed their 2023 revenue targets.
Partial
The promise
Promised prudent fiscal management and control of the state's debt profile.
Assessment
Imo's domestic debt rose to a peak of ₦562.18 billion in 2024, but the state then topped national debt-reduction rankings between December 2024 and 2025, paying down ₦42.40 billion to become the first of 22 states that cut its indebtedness that period, according to Debt Management Office data.
Kept
The promise
Implicit obligation, given the unusual circumstances of his 2020 installation, to secure a decisive and legally unassailable electoral mandate at the next opportunity.
Assessment
Uzodinma won re-election in November 2023 with 540,308 votes — more than triple his closest rivals combined — and the Supreme Court in August 2024 dismissed both the Labour Party's and PDP's appeals for lacking merit, affirming his mandate.
Broken
The promise
Implicit obligation, given his own past accusations against the Okorocha administration's corruption, to hold his own government to a comparable standard.
Assessment
A pressure group, The Mazi Organisation, issued a September 2025 'solemn demand' urging the EFCC, ICPC, and police to investigate alleged maladministration under Uzodinma's own government — a mirror-image accusation to the one Uzodinma's camp was itself accused of orchestrating against predecessor Rochas Okorocha in 2022.
Broken
The promise
Implicit obligation to publicly report the state's IGR and GDP figures accurately.
Assessment
An independent fact-check organisation found the administration's public claims about IGR growth and GDP ranking did not match documented figures from independent analyses, characterising the claims as exaggerated.
Partial
The promise
Implicit obligation to maintain a competent, stable executive council capable of delivering the administration's agenda.
Assessment
Barely a year into the first term, Uzodinma sacked 20 of his 28 commissioners in a single mass reshuffle, retaining only 8 — a scale of cabinet turnover that raised questions about the stability and vetting of initial appointments, even as the reshuffled cabinet went on to deliver much of the administration's later infrastructure record.
Broken
The promise
Implicit obligation to appoint aides and officials on merit rather than family ties.
Assessment
In March 2024, Uzodinma appointed his own brother, Ferdinand Uzodinma — a former councillor and local government transition chairman — as Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of General Services, drawing criticism over nepotism, though a support group publicly defended the appointment.
Kept
The promise
Promised, as a senior APC figure in the South-East, to help deliver the region for the party ahead of 2027.
Assessment
Uzodinma has publicly declared Imo a 'one-party state' for Tinubu and the APC ahead of 2027, reflecting the scale of political consolidation the administration has achieved within the state.