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Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu
Nigerian activist and fishery expert (born 1953) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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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