BY Jemilat Nasiru
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday assumed office as a facilitator at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).
Ibrahim Sheme, NOUN director, media and publicity, disclosed this in a statement.
A facilitator is a part-time academic coordinator for students in the open and distance learning (ODL) system operated by universities.
Abdalla Uba Adamu, vice-chancellor of the university appointed Obasanjo as a facilitator after he bagged a PhD in Christian Theology in January from the institution.
His thesis was entitled ‘Resolving the Unfinished Agenda in Liberation Theology: Leadership, Poverty, and Underdevelopment in North Eastern Nigeria’.
Ibrahim Salawu, director of the Abeokuta study centre, said the office allocation became necessary, following his appointment as a facilitator in January.
Salawu, who led Obasanjo and other members of staff on a familiarisation tour of the centre, said “I am very pleased to have a former president of Nigeria as a colleague in the academia.”
Obasanjo, after inspecting his office, expressed satisfaction at the space allotted to him and promised to work for the progress of the university.
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