Academic and administrative activities at the National Open University
of Nigeria (NOUN) literally stood still on Tuesday, September 30, 2014,
for former President Olusegun Obasanjo. That was the day OBJ, as he is
fondly called, came to Lagos, all the way from Abeokuta, Ogun State, to
pick up his admission letter to study for a postgraduate degree in
Christian Theology. The visit was his second to the institution in the
past seven years.
The busy NOUN headquarters on Victoria lsland,
Lagos, was almost deserted, as students and visitors were barred from
entering the compound because of the august visitor. NOUN security
personnel screened people at the gate before allowing them in while DSS
operatives and policemen were on ground to provide security to the
former number one citizen of the country.
