Obasanjo Resumes School, Takes His First Ph.d Lesson, Gets Homework

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, had his first day in
class as a Masters/Ph.d student of the National Open University of
Nigeria, NOUN.

The former president is studying for a Masters and Doctorate degree in
Christian Theology. The class which took place in Ota, Ogun State, was
held with his internal supervisor, Philip Tachin, a lecturer in
Systematic Theology and a pastor.

After receiving an outline for the course, he was given his first
assignment to review a number of literatures on the subject and to
present a research paper for review.

Olusegun Obasanjo obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in 2009.

The Masters degree will precede the Doctorate degree.

Obasanjo said he was optimistic that additional knowledge in Theology
will help him understand how to use religion in the alleviation of
problems that affect people at the grass roots generally but
particularly in Africa.

Last month, Obasanjo told Premium Times that he was returning to
school to achieve his aspirations in life.

"I'm going back to school because I have to have something to aspire
to in every endeavour of life. "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," he said.
--PUNCH