Ngozi Odu
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Ngozi Odu | |
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 Rivers State Deputy Governor Ngozi Nma Odu | |
| Deputy Governor of Rivers State | |
| Assumed office 29 May 2023 Suspended from 18 March to 18 September 2025 | |
| Governor | Siminalayi Fubara |
| Preceded by | Ipalibo Banigo |
| Rivers State Commissioner for Education | |
| In office January 2003 – 29 May 2007 | |
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| Born | Ngozi Nma Odu 19 October 1952 |
| Party | Peoples Democratic Party |
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Ngozi Nma Odu ⓘ (born 19 October 1952) is a Nigerian politician who is the deputy governor of Rivers State. She was elected during the 2023 Rivers State gubernatorial election alongside the governor Siminalayi Fubara.[1][2] She was born in Egi clan in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA of Rivers State.[3]
Odu was born on the 23 October 1952, in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government area of Rivers State, Nigeria. She obtained her first degree in microbiology from Paisley College of Technology (now University of the West of Scotland), Renfrewshire, Scotland.[4] She also holds a master's degree in Food Science and Management in 1983 from the Queen Elizabeth College, University of London (later absorbed by King's College London), .[3] In 1989 she obtained a PhD in microbiology from the University of Port Harcourt that made her the first PhD graduate in that department.[3]