The Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation (OOF) has embarked on a week-long celebration to honor the 88th birthday of its Founder and Board Chair, His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR. The festivities, which began on Saturday, 1st March 2025, at the Alao-Aka Bashorun Park, Gbagada Phase 2, Lagos, have been a remarkable display of the former Nigerian President’s unwavering commitment to humanitarian service, community development, and nation-building.

The celebration kicked off with a groundbreaking outreach program aimed at addressing hearing impairments, a critical yet often overlooked health challenge in Nigeria. Over 2,000 units of free hearing aids were distributed to beneficiaries after comprehensive otoscopy, ear stringing, and other ear care services, all provided free of charge. This initiative, which runs until Tuesday, 4th March 2025, has already transformed the lives of countless individuals, offering them a renewed sense of hope and dignity.

The outreach program was not just about distributing hearing aids; it was a holistic approach to ear health. Medical professionals conducted thorough screenings to identify the specific needs of each beneficiary, ensuring that the hearing aids provided were tailored to their conditions. The event also featured educational sessions on ear care, emphasizing the importance of early detection and preventive measures to combat hearing loss said Dr Olalekan Makinde, CEO, Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation.

On Sunday, 2nd March 2025, the celebration took a more glamorous turn with an exclusive dinner at the luxurious Deborough Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. The event was attended by the crème de la crème of society, including business leaders, political figures, and cultural icons. The evening was a fitting tribute to Chief Obasanjo’s legacy, as guests reflected on his remarkable journey from a military leader to a democratic president and, ultimately, a global statesman and philanthropist.

The dinner was not just a celebration of Chief Obasanjo’s life but also a platform to raise awareness for the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation’s ongoing projects.

The celebration continued Monday, 3rd March 2025, with a seminar on the prevention of hearing loss, held at the Detutu Event Centre, Ogudu. The seminar featured a keynote lecture delivered by renowned otolaryngologist, Prof. C. Nwalolo, who emphasized the importance of early detection and preventive measures in combating hearing loss. Prof. Nwalolo also highlighted the role of government and private sector collaboration in addressing the growing prevalence of hearing impairments in Nigeria.

Attendees were treated to a captivating multimedia presentation showcasing the Foundation’s impact over the years, from its health initiatives to its youth empowerment programs.

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, who hosted the event, used the opportunity to interact with the over 100 beneficiaries of the free hearing aids distributed during the outreach program, who were able to make it to the Monday event, among the several hundreds of beneficiaries.. The beneficiaries, many of whom traveled from far and wide, expressed their gratitude to the Foundation for restoring their ability to hear and, by extension, their quality of life.

The seminar also saw the presence of high-profile dignitaries, including the Head of the Nigeria Army Medical Corps, who represented the Chief of Army Staff. Their attendance underscored the widespread respect and admiration for Chief Obasanjo’s contributions to Nigeria and beyond. Other notable guests included representatives from the ORLSON, Nigeria Dental Association (NDA0, The Deputy Commandant of the NSCDC, the medical communities and members of the Press.

In his remarks, Chief Obasanjo expressed gratitude to all who have supported the Foundation’s initiatives over the years. He reiterated his commitment to leveraging his influence and resources to improve the quality of life for Nigerians, particularly in the areas of health, education, and youth empowerment.

“At 88, I am reminded that life is not about how long we live but how well we live,” Chief Obasanjo said. “I am grateful for the opportunity to serve and to make a difference in the lives of others. This celebration is not just about me; it is about the collective impact we can achieve when we come together for a common cause.”

initiatives will include free medical screenings, educational scholarships, and skills acquisition programs for young people.


Join the Movement

The Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation’s 88th birthday celebration is a call to action for all Nigerians to embrace the spirit of service and philanthropy. Whether through volunteering, donations, or advocacy, everyone has a role to play in building a better future for Nigeria.

As we celebrate Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s 88th birthday, let us honor his legacy by committing to making a difference in our communities. Together, we can create a Nigeria where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

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Join the conversation online and celebrate the life and legacy of a true statesman. Let’s honor Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s 88th birthday by spreading the word about the impactful work of the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation!

Source : https://igberetvnews.com/1480274/obj88-week-long-celebration-service-philanthropy-nation-building/

Happy Birthday Baba

Wonder wetin dem go do when he turn 90 Abhi hundred.

I feel baba still owe Nigerians some explanations sha… Anyways happy baiday o baba 🙇‍♂️

You see people who live long? Nothing bothers them.
Not that they don't have challenges, but they mastered the art of I'm not going to let you get to me.

HBD

The same OBJ that killed the whole town una dey praise like this. The man practically sold Nigeria, despite debt forgiveness there's little or nothing to show.

PeeKayh:
Happy Birthday Baba

Happy birthday to our dear past President. Chief Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Obasanjo.
May the Lord spare your life to witness more years in sound health, happiness and abundant Joy.

Great man.. Was with him about two weeks ago.. Still strong and bouncing.. More years baba

How is Obasanjo involved with nation building if he endorsed an olodo in economy to be president over the best president since 1999, from the party that redeemed him to be president from prisoner?

Abi nation building has a new meaning ni

citizenisb:
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari may not do well in economy and foreign affairs, except in military matters.

“Buhari is not a very hot person on the economy and foreign affairs,” Obasanjo said.

The former President stated this on Monday at the third International Conference on African Development Issues — themed, “Driving inclusive and sustainable development in Africa: Models, methods and policies” — organised by Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State.

While reacting to a question posed to him by a member of the audience: “Is there any hope for Nigeria under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari?”, Obasanjo replied, “Is there any hope for Nigeria under this administration? I came back from Geneva, Switzerland a few days ago to attend a conference titled, ‘Are elections giving democracy a bad name?’ We had an election, we elected a leader and the good thing about democracy is that the power you have to elect a leader is also the power you have to remove him. I am saying this because I said earlier that if you don’t see any leader that has done well in the 56 years of Nigeria’s independence, then let us forget about Nigeria.

“I will tell you what I know and I will tell you what I don’t know. I know Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. He served under me in the military. His characteristics that I know, his behaviour that I know, he has not deviated from them. He was never a perfect man, he is not a perfect man and no leader can ever be a perfect man because they are human beings. But if you read my book, what I said about him is correct. He is not a hot person when it comes to economy. He is not a very hot person when it comes to foreign affairs. But he will do well in matters of military and he will do well in fighting Boko Haram.”


http://www.punchng.com/buhari-not-sound-economy-foreign-affairs-obasanjo/

Mariangeles:
You see people who live long? Nothing bothers them.
Not that they don't have challenges, but they mastered the art of I'm not going to let you get to me.

HBP is not the sole cause of death.

There thousands of ways to go, whether you let whatever bother you or not...

Inugo?

DMCY:
Wonder wetin dem go do when he turn 90 Abhi hundred.

I feel baba still owe Nigerians some explanations sha… Anyways happy baiday o baba 🙇‍♂️

The kind of IBB SENILE EXPLANATIONS that reopened horrific wounds and did more damage than good??

It takes wisdom to discern that some explanations would worsen situations rather than being closure or shed more light

Football age baba done pass 88yrs

correctguy101:


HBP is not the sole cause of death.

There thousands of ways to go, whether you let whatever bother you or not...

Inugo?

At least, start by doing your own part by not letting anything bother you, Inula?

Rhassidy360:
Football age baba done pass 88yrs

Why him go wan lie at this point of his life?

DMCY:
Wonder wetin dem go do when he turn 90 Abhi hundred.

I feel baba still owe Nigerians some explanations sha… Anyways happy baiday o baba 🙇‍♂️

Explanations like how he made the highest suspect in the murder of his AGF Bola Ige to be a senator from Agodi prison, during the 2003 election where AD fielded no candidate for president?

For six years after Bola Ige’s murder, Obasanjo failed to make anybody accountable for his death.

ganisucks:
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has attacked President Muhammadu Buhari for anointing Iyiola Omisore who is the prime suspect in the murder of late Attorney General, Bola Ige, as National Secretary of the APC.

Omisore was last Saturday elected National Secretary of the ruling APC during its National Convention held at the Eagles Square, Abuja, Nigeria.

Soyinka’s reaction was contained in a statement issued on Saturday, titled: “Perhaps closed files should remain just that-Closed?”

He said barely three months had passed since the 20th anniversary of the murder of the late Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Bola Ige, an occasion that he utilized to remind Buhari, of a subsisting election pledge.

‘That pledge was to re-open the files on the spate of unsolved political assassinations that had plagued the nation in recent decades. Prominent among those cases was that of the Minister of Justice, murdered on his way to take up a prestigious position with the United Nations.

“Presidential response was swift. Buhari ordered the Inspector-General of Police to re-open those files and resume investigations.

The nation has patiently awaited even a hint of Work in Progress. Most, I am certain, expect no less than a revaluation of prior investigative efforts. None, to my knowledge, has attempted to rush the Chief of Police and his team into judgment. We all take solace in the knowledge that the wheels of justice grind slowly, but they arrive. Eventually,” he said.

Soyinka said an unusual turn of events has raised questions, as the ruling party, headed by the same President, had just elected as its National Secretary one of the prime suspects of this most notorious of the nation’s unsolved murders.

“Not for a moment does one suggest that mere accusation, even trial, presumes Guilt. More than mere verdict is involved in any trial however. The process of arriving at that ultimate destination – justice – is integral to the very concept of democracy and equality under the law. That process is one of the structures of civic education.

“Unresolved till today were quite a number of untidy, even suspect aspects of investigation, prosecution and trials, aspects which revealed improper cell co-habitation by suspects under custody. That this led necessarily to recantations of earlier depositions is not thereby proven, but the fact remains that such U-turns did take place.

“One was so brazen that it induced a heart attack that proved fatal to the victim’s wife, another Justice – Mrs. Atinuke Ige.

That the prime suspect was privileged in a number of improper ways went beyond mere allegation. Political interventions, including pressure on the judiciary during bail hearings, cannot be denied. A judge under such pressure kept a diary with accusations, pages of which he consigned to friends for safekeeping,” he added.

Soyinka asked: “With the emergence of the said prime suspect as National Secretary of the Ruling Party, is the Inspector-General of Police equipped to confront political obstacles in a resumption of investigation? Is there any guarantee that the result will see the light of day? How suspect, ab initio, will be the conclusions, given the present political ordering?

“I repeat: we are speaking of blatant, undeniable exercise of political interventions during investigations and the arraignment of suspects. Prior incumbency of the position of National Secretary of a ruling party has demonstrated the potent interventionist clout that can be wielded from that office.

“The president has personally received, and thus anointed the new incumbent. Since he remains central to any re-investigation – whatever form or direction it takes – just what value of objective assessment can be placed on the presidential pledge?”

With this scenario, the Nobel Laureate said that investigative revisit was already hamstrung and disrobed of credibility.

“I think the nation should simply relieve President Buhari of his pledge. I am certain the Inspector-General of Police will be equally relieved and can now turn his mind and energy to the national accustomed posture – Business as Usual ,” he stated.

https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2022/04/02/bola-ige-soyinka-bombs-buhari-for-anointing-omisore-as-apc-national-secretary/

How many children does he have sef?

dalass:


The kind of IBB SENILE EXPLANATIONS that reopened horrific wounds and did more damage than good??

It takes wisdom to discern that some explanations would worsen situations rather than being closure or shed more light

Aptly said, but history will be lost without all of them talking.

One of the reasons I fear for the country is how people involved in MKO saga kept mute or prolly tuned their mic down till IBB decided to talk…

What are Nigerians celebrating about this man?

Mariangeles:


At least, start by doing your own part by not letting anything bother you, Inula?

As our madam in charge of food. I'll listen to you...

God bless OBJ

Philanthropy? By same people who looted our national treasury. The writer will run MAD in 7 market days. You stole one trillion from people and give them one million back calling it philanthropy.

Myrepublic:
Great man.. Was with him about two weeks ago.. Still strong and bouncing.. More years baba

Wole Soyinka is older and stronger without looting our national treasury. Compare then, Soyinka looks like Obasanjo’s son, yet Soyinka’s late younger brother was older than Obasanjo.

correctguy101:


As our madam in charge of food. I'll listen to you...

Good.

higgs:
God bless OBJ

Change the G to g. God cannot bless Obasanjo. Obasanjo had his own gods. We already know that several of them are cultists, not to talk of Obasanjo who had been sleeping with his sons’ wives and his biological daughters.

simpleseyi:


Change the G to g. God cannot bless Obasanjo. Obasanjo had his own gods. We already know that several of them are cultists, not to talk of Obasanjo who had been sleeping with his sons’ wives and his biological daughters.

Man is 88 years old already, has been president twice, has a farm that's doing well, still earns his pension and other entitlement from FG and established all his children. What blessing does he want again biko?

Buhari cannot relate

Happy birthday Baba OBJ.

Happy birthday sir

You re a co piscean

simpleseyi:


Change the G to g. God cannot bless Obasanjo. Obasanjo had his own gods. We already know that several of them are cultists, not to talk of Obasanjo who had been sleeping with his sons’ wives and his biological daughters.

You are a fool

DMCY:
Wonder wetin dem go do when he turn 90 Abhi hundred.

I feel baba still owe Nigerians some explanations sha… Anyways happy baiday o baba 🙇‍♂️

He is 2000 times better than your clueless fake akantant.....No match at all at all.