Nasir El-Rrufai Is A Near-Genius – Obasanjo

Posted by: Folamidavid in News, Politics Dec 11, 2019

Ex President, Olusegun Obasanjo has referred to Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rrufai as a good student.

During his recent visit to the governor at Government House in Kaduna on Wednesday, Obasanjo said El Rufai is one of the best persons to work with.

According to him, the state governor is close to being a genius.

His words, “He is one of the best persons to work with; El-Rufai is a near-genius,”

“We need a character like this, a man that you know where you stand with him. Any job given to him will be well done.

“I made women matter in my government. He has done the same in Kaduna. He is a very good learner.”

He added that his visit to Kaduna is a homecoming because he is a son of the soil.

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Chief Olusegun Mathew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo, GCFR, born 5 March 1937) is a former Nigerian Army general who was President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. Obasanjo was a career soldier before serving twice as his nation’s head of state: He served as a military ruler from 13 February 1976 to 1 October 1979 and as a democratically elected president from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. From July 2004 to January 2006, Obasanjo also served as Chairperson of the African Union. Obasanjo is the first Nigerian to serve as a military head of state and a civilian president.

In 1948, Obasanjo enrolled into Saint David Ebenezer School at Ibogun, for his primary school education. From 1952 to 1957, he attended Baptist Boys’ High School (BBHS), Abeokuta, for his secondary school education. In the same school he was a member of Literary and Debating Society and the Boys Scouts Movement.

In 1958, Olusegun Obasanjo joined the Nigerian Army. Some of his studies and training included Mons Cadet School, Aldershot, England; Royal College of Military Engineers, Chatham, England; School of Survey, Newbury, England; College of Military Engineering, Poona; and the Royal College of Defence Studies, London.

During the administration of Sani Abacha (1993–1998), Obasanjo spoke out against the human rights abuses of the regime, and was imprisoned for alleged participation in an aborted coup based on testimony obtained via torture. He was released only after Abacha’s sudden death on 8 June 1998. While in prison, Obasanjo became a born-again Christian.