Ex- President Olusegun Obasanjo Goes Back to School for PhD At Age 77

Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of
Nigeria, is going back to school for a PhD in
Christian Theology.
He is set to enroll today at the headquarters of
the National Open University of Nigeria in
Lagos.

Obasanjo who obtained a post graduate
Diploma in 2009, will work towards his PhD by
first getting a Master’s Degree, and afterwards;
he will pursue the higher degree.

“I’m going back to school because I have to
have something to aspire to in every endeavor
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.