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ABSTRACT

Anambra State in the 2003 was pronounced by the judiciary to have witnessed electoral irregularities. The state is also known to have recorded a case of abduction of a sitting governor and reclamation of electoral mandate. In between these peculiar events was governance that has been adjudged to be one of the best in the history of the state, considering its impact on the political and social milieu of the state. This study presents a dispassionate account of political events in the three-year administration of Dr. Chris N. Ngige in Anambra State. Indeed, the administration is epochal and remains a very significant aspect of the political history of Anambra State and Nigeria. The importance of the Ngige administration is seen from the precedence it established and the discontinuity it fostered in some areas where the state was politically ailing. This is an angle to the events that took place before, during and after the administration that tends to be overlooked, or the gains thereof easily arrogated to somebody else. Therefore, placing the administration in proper perspective is necessary. The study adopts the historical research method, where historically significant data from different sources are assembled and interpreted thematically in as much dispassionate manner as possible.