Olusegun Obasanjo

Olusegun Obasanjo:

    Olusegun Obasanjo was born on March 5, 1937 in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Obasanjo served  Ruler of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1976 to 1979 and became President of  Nigeria in 1999 to May 2007.   As a military leader, politician, and diplomat, Obasanjo was the first military leader in Africa to hand over power to civilian rule. 

Throughout his teen years, he attended a Baptist High school  for boys and later worked as a teacher. Unable to afford collage, he joined the army in England where he was trained to become officer. Obasanjo ranked very high in army ranks that led him to be head of the commando division during the Biafran Conflict. Obasanjo was influenced by general Mohammed who took control of Nigerian's government and wanted to relinquish power in 1979 to civilian rule. At the following year, general Mohammed was assassinated and his leadership was passed down to Obasanjo. Three years later, Obasanjo became known as an influential statesman in where he wanted to bring back the Nigeria back to democracy. In the start of improving the country, he tried to rebuild institutions wrecked by decades of neglect, repression and mismanagement. He later created the country’s first Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, which secured in excess of 275 convictions and prosecute public officials for the misuse of state funds.

In Nigeria, not only he became an influential leader but became a role model to young Africans. He established the African Leadership Forum, which is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1988 in where the primary focus of ALF is to help improve the current leadership in Africa while at the same time helping to train the next generation of leaders for Nigeria. Another organization he also founded was the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation where charities are raised in feeding Africa, youth empowerment, education for Girls and a health initiative focused on non-communicable and water borne diseases.

As of today, Obasanjo is involved in furthering developing Africa's economic transformation in which Nigeria is among the fastest growing in the world, where it could lead a choice for international investors to join the Nigerian markets. As an experienced farmer and business man, he will try to bring in more investments into Nigeria.

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