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. Ethnic regions and groups have become more militant in their quest for autonomy, more powers or separatist states. Graffiti In Port Harcourt, Obioma Uzor, owner of Jacuzzi Night Club, said the violence nationwide has affected businesses. Since we're no longer under army rule, it's made greater freedom emerge for people. But most of them have a warped opinion of it.