Nigeria

Godwin Obaseki

Governor

2016–2024 Nigeria · Edo

APC/PDP

Digital economy agenda; EdoBEST school programme; Edo production center.

68Good

Overall Score

70Good

Projects

66Good

Budget

68Good

Crises

65Good

Debt

Performance Radar

Sector Allocation

Public Sentiment Score

/100

Mixed/Neutral

Budget by Year ($M)

Legacy Projects (3)

Gelegele Seaport

Stalled

Ports

2018–

Proposed seaport near Benin City, largely stalled

200M

Edo EdoBEST Schools (2,000 schools)

Ongoing

Schools

2018–

Transformative school reform programme; teacher training; tablets for pupils; model for Nigeria.

120M

Edo State Technical University

Completed

Schools

2017–2019

Technical university for skills development

30M

Events & Crises Timeline

Edo 2020 Election Violence

2020

Election

5 deaths

2020 governorship election in Edo was violent. APC-PDP rift following Obaseki's defection led to clashes. Obaseki won against APC's Ize-Iyamu.