Former President of Nigeria, Dr Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday resumed work at the Abeokuta, Ogun State study centre of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) as a students’ facilitator.
Obasanjo met with two final-year undergraduate students of Christian Theology assigned to him by the University for Supervision. The two students are Elijah Egehedi-Oke and Toriola Abigael.
Obasanjo was appointed recently as a facilitator – an academic counsel for students – by the management of NOUN.
Obasanjo recently bagged a PhD on Christian Theology from NOUN making him the first PhD holder from the university.(NAN)
Ex-president Obasanjo bags PhD in Christian Theology from National Open University of Nigeria
The former president was awarded the degree by Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts of the National Open University of Nigeria(NOUN), Abeokuta Study Centre.
Dr. Samaila Mande, one of the panelists said Obasanjo satisfied the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo was on Friday, December 15, pronounced competent for the award of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Christian Theology.
According to The Nation, Obasanjo was given the award after 163 minutes robust defense of his voluminous thesis before a six man panel.