OBASANJO, Chief (Dr) Matthew Olusegun Aremu

appointed Special Envoy by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo. Advisory Council of State, since 1979; established Obasanjo Farms Nigeria Limited, Otta, OgunState, since 1979; former member, Executive Committee, Inter-Action Council of Former Heads of State and Government; founder/organiser, African Leadership Forum, Otta, 1988-98; Special Adviser, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 1989-99; ch: Energy Commission of Nigeria, 2005; Grand Patron, Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyor, 2005; former ch: Advisory Council/ambassador, Transparency International; Fellow, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, 1979-81; Member, UNESCO Commission for Peace in the Minds of Men, 1981-86; Independent Palme Commission on Disarmament and Security, 1983- 99; Former member, WHO Committee of Experts on Effects of Nuclear Weapons; former member, Executive Committee, Inter-Action Council of Former Heads of State and Government; member/cochair, Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group on South Africa, 1985; nominated member by Commonwealth leaders to Assess the Security Needs of Commonwealth Frontline States and Mozambique; Founder/Chairman, African Leadership Forum, Ota, 1988-1998; Special Adviser, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 1989-99; former Chairman, High Level Expert Group on Military Expenditure by Developing Countries; member, United Nations Panel of Eminent Persons in the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; Chairperson, Hearing on Namibia at the World Council of Churches; former Director, Better World Society, Washington DC; former member, Board of Directors, University of Peace, Costa Rica; former member, Independent Group on Financial Flows to Developing Countries, The Schmidt Commission; former member, United Nations Secretary General Group on African Commodities Question; former member, Advisory Council of Parliamentarians for Global Action; member, African-American Institute; candidate for the post of United Nations Secretary General, 1991; former member, Eminent Persons Council, International Negotiations Network; former member, The Carter Centre of Emory University, Atlanta; former member, United Nations Secretary General’s Advisory Panel on Africa; former member Advisory Panel on United Nations World Conference on Women and Development; former member, Advisory Council, Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict; former Chairman, Advisory Council/Ambassador, Transparency International

UNESCO Commission for Peace in the Minds of Men, 1981-86, Independent Palme Commission on Disarmament and Security, 1983-99; former mem. WHO Committee of Experts on Effects of Nuclear Weapons; mm/co-ch: Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group on South Africa, 1985;nominated memberby Common wealth Leaders, to Assess the Security Needs of Commonwealth Frontline States and Mozambique; former ch. High Level Expert Group on Military Expenditures by Developing Countries; ch: African Union, July 2004; re-elected 2005; United Nations Panel of Eminent Persons in the Relationship between Disarmament and Development; chairperson, Hearing on Namibia at the World Council of Churches; former dir. Better World Society, Washington DC; former mem. Board of Directors, University of Peace, Costa Rica; formermember, Independent Group on Financial Flows to Developing Countries, The Schmidt Commission; former mem. UN Secretary General Group on African Commodities Question; former mem. Advisory Council of Parliamentaries for Global Action; mm. African-American Institute; candidate for the UN Secretary General. 1991; former mem. Eminent Persons Council, International Negotiations Network; former mem. The Carter Centre of Emory University, Atlanta; former mem. UN Secretary General’s Advisory Panel on Africa; former mem. Advisory Panel on UN World Conference on Women and Development; former member. Advisory Council, Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict;

• People’s Democratic Party (PDP) 1999- 16 February 2015
• 31 January 2018, his political movement called “Coalition for Nigeria Movement” (CNM)
• 10 May 2018, the movement adopts a political party, African Democratic Congress (ADC)
• On 20 November 2018, Obasanjo officially announced his return to the, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
• On 22 January 2022, Obasanjo declared that he had retired from partisan politics; he stated this after receiving national delegates of the People’s Democratic Party [PDP] in his residence in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria

Olori Omo Ilu of Ibogun-Olaogun, Balogun of Owu and the Ekerin Balogun of the Egba clan of Yorubaland.

• 1981-87, Member, UNESCO Commission for Peace in the Minds of Men
• 1983-89 Member, Independent Commission on Disarmament and Security (the Olaf Palme Commission)
• 1983, Member WHO Committee of experts on the Effects of nuclear weapon
• 1986, Co-Chairman, Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group on South Africa
• 1986, Member, United Nations Panel on Eminent Person on the relationship between Disarmament and Development
• 1987-93, Director, Better World Society, Washington D.C.
• 1988-89, Founder and Chairman, African Leadership Forum and Chairman, Board of Directors, African Leadership Foundation Inc. New York
• 1988 (May), Chairman, Hearing on Namibia, the World Council of Churches, Washington D.C
• 1988-99, Special Adviser to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan
• 1989, Honorary Member, Committee on the United Nations Population Award
• 1989, Member, Independent Group on Financial Development for Developing Countries (the Schmidt Commission)
• 1989 Member, Advisory Council, Parliamentarian Global Action
• 1989-99, Chairman, Advisory Council, Transparency International (TI)
• 1990, Member, Advisory Council, the Institute for Global Ethics
• Member, Board of Trustees, African American institute
• 1991-93, Publisher, African Forum Quarterly
• 1991, Member, Eminent Persons Council, International Negotiations Network, the Carter Centre of Emory University, Atlanta
• 1991, Member, Council of Advisers, The World Food Price, Des Monies Lowa
• 1992, Member, Advisory Group on United Nations Financing (Ford Foundation)
• 1993-95, Member, United Nations Secretary General’s Advisory Panel on Africa
• 1994 – Official Observer of the Elections in Mozambique at the invitation of the Government of Mozambique
• 1994-99 Member, Advisory Council, Carnegies Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflicts
• 1995-99, UNDP Human Development Ambassador
• Proprietor and chief Promoter, Bells University of Technology, Ota.

• My Command (Ibadan,1990)
• Africa Embattled (Ibadan, 1988)
• Constitution of National Integration and Development (Lagos, 1989)
• Leadership Challenged of Economic Reforms Africa (New York (1990)
• Not My Will (Ibadan, 1990)
• Elements of Development (Co-edited with Prof Akin Mabogunje, Ota, 1992)
• Elements of Democracy (Co-edited with Prof Akin Mabogunje, Ota, 1992)
• The Challenges of Agricultural Production and Food Security in Africa (Co-edited with Hans D’Orville, New York, 1992)
• Hope for Africa, Selected Speeches of Olusegun Obasanjo (New York, 1993)
• Africa: Rise to the Challenge (Co-edited with Felix Mosha, New York, 1993)
The following publications were released after General Obasanjo’s regained his freedom in 1999:
• Guide to Effective Prayer (Ota, 1999)
• The Animal Called Man (Ota, 1999)
• Women of Virtue (Ota, 1999)
• Sermon from the Prison (Ota, 2000)
• A New Dawn (Abuja, 2000)
• Exemplary Youth in a Difficult World (2001)
• I See Hope (2002)

Honourary Doctor of Letters, Howard University, USA, 1980; Doctors of Laws (LL.D), University of Maiduguri, 1980; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1985; University of Ibadan, 1988; Degree of Doctor of Science, BOWEN University, Iwo, Osun State, 2007; D.Sc, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, 2007; D. Agric, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, 2009;

Farming, Table tennis, Snooker, Squash, Reading, Writing,

Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Foundation, Oke-Mason, Abeokuta, Ogun State,