OBASANJO BECOMES CHAIR WORLD COUNCIL OF EX-HEADS OF STATE

Former President Mathew Olusegun Okikiola Obasanjo has added another feather to his hat as he is Appointed  the new chair of tb Council of World ex-Presidents at the 32nd annual plenary meeting of world ex-presidents in Newport, United Kingdom recently. He takes over from Franz Vranitzky who was a former chancellor of Austria from 1986-1996

President Obasanjo is the first African to be so appointed into that position. 

He takes over from Franz Vranitzky who was a former chancellor of Austria from 1986-1996 before he later became chairman of

world ex-presidents chairman on

1st July 2010 and served till June 2015.

Past and present

(1) Helmut Schmidt of Germany (2) Malcolm Fraser of Australia

(3) Jean Chretien of Canada

(4) Franz Vranitzky of Australia

(5) Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria.

Congratulations are in order for this strong man of Nigerian politics.