Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu

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Rotimi Akeredolu
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(m. 1981;died 2023)​
[1]
Her Excellency
Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu
First lady of Ondo State
In role
24 February 2017 –27 December 2023
Children4
Alma mater
Profession
  • Politician
  • aquaculturist
Website brecan.org

Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu (born 20 July 1953) is a Nigerian aquaculturist who was the first lady of Ondo State in Nigeria from 2017 to 2023. She is a feminist and gender activist. [2] She was married to former governor of Ondo State Rotimi Akeredolu. [3] She is the founder of the Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria, and a survivor of breast cancer. [4] [5]

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Birth

Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu was born on 20 July 1953, to the family of chief BUB and Nneoma Dora Anyanwu, in Emeabiam, Owerri-West, in Imo State. [6]

Education

Anyanwu-Akeredolu attended the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology in 1977. She holds a Master of science degree in fisheries, major in aquaculture, from the University of the Philippines Visayas in Iloilo City. [7]

Career

She began her career as a fish farmer while working with the Federal Department of Fisheries. She retired in 2005. [8] [9] She is a commercial fish farmer and provides consultancy services through her firm, Aquatek Farms Ventures. [10] In addition, she has made a foray into politics since 2007 and is active in the present (2017) dispensation. [11]

Charity and philanthropy

In 1997, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent treatment and survived. She started the nonprofit organization, Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria (BRECAN) [12] to raise awareness of the disease. She has won awards in recognition of her work and commitment in the fight against breast cancer in Nigeria. [9]

She is also a supporter of the Bring Back Our Girls movement. [13]

She was passionate about the widow that made her launch a platform for them to gain from the dividends of democracy. [2]

Personal life

Anyanwu-Akeredolu married Rotimi Akeredolu, former governor of Ondo State in April 1981. He died on 27 December 2023, after a prolonged health battle with leukaemia and prostate cancer at the age of 67. They had four children and four grandchildren. [14]

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  2. 1 2 "Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu@ 67: Three Scores and Seven of Impactful Life". Vanguard News. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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  11. ↑ "- Recovery International Breast Cancer Support Conference". studylib.net. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
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  14. ↑ http://www.nigerianmonitor.com/rotimi-akeredolus-wifebetty-anyanwu-akeredolu-profilenew-ondo-first-lady/%7Cpublisher=www.nigerianmonitor.com%5B%5D
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