Ex-President Obasanjo Finally Graduates Becomes The First Ever PhD Graduate Of NOUN,

Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun
Obasanjo who was pictured last year
defending his PhD thesis at National
Open University, has finally graduated.
The photo of former President Olusegun
Obasanjo in his convocation gown,
which was shared on the official
Instagram handle of ‘Olusegun Obasanjo
Library’, came with the caption;
The Chief Promoter of #OOPLis officially
a Doctor of Philosophy. Congratulations
to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo PhD.
Recall that Former president, Chief
Olusegun Obasanjo who is now a PhD
holder was spotted in a classroom with a
laptop and his thesis, sitting before an
academic panel in December 2017.
Although the topic of his research work
is unknown yet, the research topic of the
80-year-old former head of state is
believed to be centred around Christian
Theology.
Recall that Obasanjo enrolled at the
National Open University of Nigeria in
2014 as a graduate student having
obtained a post-graduate Diploma in
2009.
When asked why he wanted to go back to
school, the former president said he
wanted to achieve in every aspect of life.
He said; “I always aspire to something
new in my farm. I do that in my
international activities. I do it in my
writing. I do it in the improvement of
my academic work which helps to
sharpen my brain and strengthen my
faith”.
The National Open University of Nigeria
is an Open and Distance Learning
institution first established in 1983
during the democratic dispensation of
Alhaji Shehu Shagari and later
resuscitated in 2002 by the Olusegun
Obasanjo led administration.
A short look into the former president’s
educational background shows that he
enrolled into Saint David Ebenezer
School at Ibogun, for his primary school
education. From 1952 to 1957, he
attended Baptist Boys High School
(BBHS), Abeokuta, for his secondary
school education.
He was sent to India where he took
training at the ‘Indian Army School of
Engineering’ and at the ‘Defence
Services Staff College, Wellington.