HOW GENERAL OLUSEGUN OBASANJO HAVE PRACTICALLY PERFORMED LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES

GENERAL OLUSEGUN OBASANJO- Biography

1937: Born in Abeokuta, south-west Nigeria.

1958: Joined the army and received training in Nigeria and abroad. A 21-year military career included serving in the
UN peacekeeping mission in the former Zaire and commanding the 3rd Marine Commando Division during
Nigeria's 30-month Biafran civil war (1967-70).

1975: Appointed works and housing minister, later becoming chief of staff, supreme headquarters.

1976-79: Became Nigeria's military ruler following the assassination of General Murtala Muhammad.

1979: Presided over democratic elections, won by civilian northern politician Shehu Shagari. In doing so, Obasanjo
became Nigeria's first military ruler to hand over power to a democratically elected civilian government.

1983: Shagari ousted from power, Obasanjo critical of subsequent military regimes.

1988: Founded the African Leadership Forum, based at his Otta farm.

1991: Failed in bid to become UN Secretary-General

1995: Tried for plotting coup against military leader General Sani Abacha and sentenced to life in prison. This was
later commuted to 15 years after pressure from friends abroad, including South Africa's Nelson Mandela, former
US President Jimmy Carter and former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.

1998: Released from prison after Abacha's death and returns to politics. Opinions differ on why Obasanjo decided
to run for president so soon after coming out of jail. His critics saw him as a pawn of the military elite - previous
military rulers visited Obasanjo as he was considering running, and supported his campaign. His supporters
consider him to be independent-minded. Obasanjo himself claimed to have "found God" while in prison, which
gave him the strength to run for the country again. He was reported to have said that his mission was to restore
Nigeria and defeat separatism.

1999: Obasanjo won presidential elections on 27 February with 62 percent of the valid votes cast. His Party, the
People's Democratic Party (PDP), won about the same majority in the two houses of the National Assembly, state
houses and the state legislature. Obasanjo's rival, Olu Falae of the combined Alliance for Democracy / All People's
Party (AD/APP), challenged the result in court claiming that the PDP had bought votes, but lost.

In the run-up to the election, Obasanjo was characterised by political analysts as neither an economic nor political
genius but a "safety-first" candidate with an important network of international contacts which will be useful for
Nigeria.

HOW OLUSEGUN OBASANJO HAS PRACTICALLY DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES

Olusegun Obasanjo's leadership during his tenure as the President of Nigeria. One example of his leadership
was his ability to bring people together and build coalitions, even when it was difficult. He was able to build trust
and cooperation between different groups, such as ethnic and religious groups, that had often been at odds with
each other. He also demonstrated a strong commitment to fighting corruption, which had been a major problem in
Nigeria. In addition, he was a decisive leader who was able to make tough decisions, even when they were
unpopular.Here are some of the major achievements of Olusegun Obasanjo's presidency:

 Restoring democracy in Nigeria.

 Stabilizing the economy and reducing inflation.
  Investing in infrastructure and improving basic services.
 Combatting corruption and improving transparency.
 Improving health and education.
 Strengthening Nigeria's international relationships.
 Promoting peace and reconciliation.
 Creating a national identity for Nigeria.

These are just some of the many achievements that occurred during his presidency.

 He played a senior role in combating Biafran during Nigeria civil war

 He oversaw budgetary cut back and an expansion to access to free school education
 He increasingly aligning Nigeria with the United state and also emphasize support for groups opposing
white minority rule in. Southern africa
 He was committed to restoring democracy in Nigeria
 He oversaw the1979election and that was when he transferred control of Nigeria to a civilian president
sheu shagari
 He retired to Ota ogun he became a farmer and published four books
 Obasanjo was arrested and convinced of being part of a planned coup against abacha in 1955 despite
protesting his innocence with this he became born again Christian while imprisoned
 He was regarded as a keen supporter of the formation of the African union and serve as it chairman from
2004 to 2006
 He won the presidential election comfortably in1999 as a pdp candidate

In conclusion with all these Obasanjo has been described as one of the great figure of the second generation of
post colonial African leaders,

He received praise for both overseeing Nigeria transition to representatives democracy in the 1970.