Obasanjo earns N3,300 monthly as our staff, NOUN says

The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) on Tuesday said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo earns N40,000 annually as a staff of the institution.

According to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Abdalla Adamu during a press briefing to mark the school’s 8th convocation ceremony, Obasanjo was a supervisor at its Abeokuta Study Centre, Ogun State.

He also revealed that the former president, a holder of PhD in Christian Theology, has two students in Theological Studies attached to him.

Speaking further on the school’s convocation, he added that 20,799 students will be awarded graduate and postgraduate degrees with 103 graduates finishing with first class honours.

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The VC said, “He (Obasanjo) has two students attached to him in Theological Studies. We gave him an office in Abeokuta and the salary is N40,000 a year as a facilitator.

“The former President did his fieldwork in Borno State during the heat of the insurgency, going to collect and analyse data. We have another big fish that we have appointed as a facilitator and we will announce him when we have given him an appointment letter.

“The 20,799 students for convocation are the highest in our history and the highest single graduation of students in a year in Nigeria.”

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