Perhaps most important, he has cleaned up the military, sacking officers who once held political posts. Most observers say the chance of another coup is remote, for now. But Obasanjo still has a long way to go. The oil-rich Delta region is perpetually on the brink of another outburst of violence. There is grumbling in the north, traditionally the power seat in Nigeria, and the introduction of sharia, or Islamic law, in one state could aggravate relations between Muslims and Christians.
Foreign investors complain the government is backtracking on parts of a large privatization scheme.
The lower house of Parliament has not passed a single piece of legislation. Nigeria has no track record of democracy. It's going to take them a while. Tens of billions of dollars were stolen under successive military regimes. U.S. investigators are aiding Nigerian authorities in tracking down money funneled to America, but officials concede Abacha's associates probably withdrew most of their U.S. assets long ago under threat of sanctions.