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Nigerian Says Many Initiatives Unfinished
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However, Festus Odimegwu, chief executive of Nigerian Breweries PLC, the largest company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, called Obasanjo "a businessman's dream."
"His politics are good for my country, are good for my shareholders, are good for my customers," said Odimegwu, speaking by phone from the Nigerian city of Benin. "He needs to be given a chance to complete the good work he is doing."
Under Obasanjo, Nigeria has won major international debt relief and mounted a bid to join the U.N. Security Council. He has become a regular fixture in meetings with Western leaders and met with President Bush in Washington last week.
"Today we have some respect," said Sen. Kola F. Ogunwale, a member of the president's party.
The U.S. national intelligence director, John D. Negroponte, has warned, however, against any effort to change the constitution in Nigeria. Such a move could result in "major turmoil and conflict," he said at a Senate hearing in February, according to the Associated Press.
A vote on whether to amend the constitution is expected within the next few months. Constitutional changes require two-thirds approval in both chambers of the national assembly. The measure would then head to a vote in state assemblies.
Obasanjo, a born-again Christian in a country split between Christians and Muslims, said that God would decide whether to extend his time as president.
"I also believe that God is not a God of abandoned projects," he said. "If God has a project, He will not abandon it."
