OBJ Defends Ph.D At National Open University Of Nigeria (Photos)
December 7, 2017: Ex-Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has defended his PhD thesis at the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN.
He has previously completed his postgraduate diploma from the same university in 2009 said he’d always wanted anything to make him better and make his goals in life totally achieved. The former Head of State also said it was necessary he forged ahead with his education to help his farm.
“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”
Obasanjo revamped the National Open University of Nigeria dduring his tenure as the President between 1999 and 2007, converting the former “Distance Learning Centre” to a university with several courses and programmes now accredited. The institution was approved and built by the government of Nigeria’s first elected President, Shehu Shagari in 1983.
The elder statesman who hails from Owu, Ogun State was pictured with his laptop as he studied his thesis amidst many others who may be sitting to defend their doctorate degrees also.
President Olusegun Obasanjo studying his thesis.
President Obasanjo has always shown a hunger and drive for the acquisition of knowledge as he keeps searching for more information despite his old age and level of experience.
