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Military rule in Nigeria - Obasanjo

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TERM: 1st Term

WEEK: 8

CLASS: Primary 6

AGE: 11 years

DURATION: 40 minutes

DATE:

SUBJECT: History

TOPIC: Military rule in Nigeria- Obasanjo

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to

  1. Narrate the Biography of Gen Olusegun Obasanjo
  2. State the Projects he embarked on while he was the head of state.

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, story-telling, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Charts showing the portrait of Gen Olusegun Obasanjo

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES:

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION OF TOPIC

The teacher revises the previous lesson Topic On Military rule in Nigeria.

Pupils  pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She then explains that Gen Olusegun Matthew Obasanjo was born on 5th March 1937 at Abeokuta. He was a General in Nigeria army. He was chief of staff in Muritala’s administration. On the death of Gen. Muritala, the mantle of leadership fell on Gen Obasanjo as his second in command.

Pupils pay attention and participate

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She describes the Reformation and Developmental Project Gen Olusegun embarked on.

1. Port decongestion- he constructed new ports one which was the Tin can Island port which was transformed from rubbish dump into a major port to help solve the problem of port decongestion.

2. Fight against corruption- He established a permanent corrupt practices bureau and public complaints commission to handle against public servants.

3. Improvement of Transportation and telecommunication sectors of Nigeria.

4. Agricultural Improvement- He launched operation feed the Nation to address issue of food shortage in Nigeria

5. Local Government Reform- Obasanjo reign reformed the local government administration in Nigeria. This reformation made the local  government administration in the country more democratic, purposeful and functional.

Pupils pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a short note on the board for the pupils to copy

The pupils copy the note from the board

 

NOTE

Biography of Gen Olusegun Obasanjo

Gen Olusegun Matthew Obasanjo was born on 5th March 1937 at Abeokuta. He was a General in Nigeria army. He was chief of staff in Muritala’s administration. On the death of Gen. Muritala, the mantle of leadership fell on Gen Obasanjo as his second in command.

Reformation and Developmental Project Gen Olusegun embarked on.

  1. Port decongestion- he constructed new ports one which was the Tin can Island port which was transformed from rubbish dump into a major port to help solve the problem of port decongestion.
  2. Fight against corruption- He established a permanent corrupt practices bureau and public complaints commission to handle against public servants.
  3. Improvement of Transportation and telecommunication sectors of Nigeria.
  4. Agricultural Improvement- He launched operation feed the Nation to address issue of food shortage in Nigeria
  5. Local Government Reform- Obasanjo reign reformed the local government administration in Nigeria. This reformation made the local government administration in the country more democratic, purposeful and functional.

EVALUATION:    1. When did Gen. Obasanjo take over power in Nigeria

  1. Why did Gen. Obasanjo take over power
  2. In what year did he hand power over to the first Civilian government.

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher marks their books and commends them positively



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