Olusegun Obasanjo
Former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, is now a workers of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), as he assumed obligation on the establishment’s Abeokuta Study Centre in Ogun State on Tuesday, as a facilitator.
The Vice-Chancellor of the college, Prof. Abdalla Adamu, had quickly after the previous president’s commencement with PhD in January, appointed him as a facilitator.-
A press release by Ibrahim Sheme, NOUN’s Director, Media and Publicity, stated that a facilitator was a part-time tutorial coordinator for college students within the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) system which open universities operated.
Obasanjo, the primary PhD graduate of the college, acquired his certificates in Christian Theology throughout NOUN’s seventh Convocation ceremony earlier this yr in Abuja.
The director of the Abeokuta centre, Prof. Ibrahim Salawu, who was readily available to point out Obasanjo his workplace, mentioned this turned essential following his appointment as a facilitator.
Salawu, who led the previous president, in firm of different members of workers on a familiarisation tour of the centre, mentioned it was a pleasure having him round as a colleague within the academia.
Obasanjo expressed satisfaction on the workplace area allotted him and promised to work for the progress of the college.