- Born to a farming family in Owu, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on 5 March, 1937.
- He was educated largely in Abeokuta. He joined the Nigerian Army in 1958.
- He is a Nigerian political and military leader who served as Nigeria’s head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as elected president from 1999 to 2007.
- In May 1976, Obasanjo launched Operation Feed the Nation (OFN) a project to revitalise small-scale farming and which involved students being paid to farm during the holidays.
- In March 1978, he issued the Land Use Decree which gave the state propriety rights over all land. This was designed to stop land hoarding and land speculation.
- The following year, 1979, he established Obasanjo Farms, Ota.
- In 2004, Obasanjo established the first private university of technology in Nigeria, Bells University of Technology (BUT) in Ota, Ogun State.
- In 2017, Obasanjo became the first African president to establish a presidential library. The Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) is one of the biggest educational tourism institutions in Africa. It is located in Abeokuta and serves as a tourist attraction in Nigeria.
- In December 2017, Obasanjo defended his Ph.D thesis at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). He now holds a Ph.D. in Theology.
- Dr. Matthew Aremu Okikiola Olusegun Obasanjo clocked 87 yesterday, Tuesday, 5 March, 2024.
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