A furious President Obasanjo sacked the board of the electricity authority and began supervising its affairs. When Obasanjo assumed office, petrol queues disappeared. The cost of living index continues to plummet. Pipe-borne water is not available in most parts of the country. Industries' capacity utilisation is still abysmally low.
Infrastructural facilities remain moribund.
But a protracted crisis between the legislature and the executive only saw the approval of the 2000 National Budget recently. What is of greater worry to Nigerians is the upsurge in religious and ethnic violence and crime since the Obasanjo government assumed power. Drivers seldom obey the rules, causing kilometres of traffic snarl-ups. Vendors sell their wares in unauthorised places. There's a rise in armed robbery and theft.