Assembly/AU/Dec.165 (VIII) MOTION OF APPRECIATION TO H.E. CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA The Assembly: 1. CONSCIOUS of the tremendous efforts deployed by President Obasanjo in the conduct of the affairs of his country, and at the helm of the African Union, in including in his capacity as Chairman during the period July 2004 to January 2006 ; 2. PAYS SPECIAL TRIBUTE to H.E. President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, for his dynamic leadership in the service of his country, sub-region and the continent as a whole; 3. FURTHER PAYS TRIBUTE to President Obasanjo for his contribution to the attainment of the objectives of the African Union, in particular his active role in the conduct of the work of the Committee of Seven Heads of State and Government on the “Union Government: Towards the Establishment of the United States of Africa; 4. WISHES President Obasanjo success in all his future endeavours.