Stella Oduah Ogiemwonyi (born 5 January 1962) is a Nigerian politician who served as a

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from July 2, 2011 to February 12, 2014 and as a Senator from Anambra North Senatorial District. She was also the Director of Administration and Finance during the political campaign of President

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. Oduah was a delegate for Nigeria at the

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in 2013. She went along the President of the Senate,

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and Viola Onwuliri. She has been involved in controversies ranging from inflation of BMW cars as well as her education and degree.

Senate career

In 2015, she was elected to the Nigerian Senate to represent Anambra North Senatorial District. She was one of the only seven women elected to the 8th. The others were

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, Abiodun Olujimi and

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Naij.com, Retrieved 15 February 2016 Oduah was re-elected to a second term in the Senate in 2019. In 2022, she ran again under APC but lost to the incumbent Senator

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Background

Oduah was born to Igwe D.O. Oduah of Akili-Ozizor,

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L.G.A. in

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on January 5, 1962. Oduah-Ogiemwonyi received her

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and

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(in

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and

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respectively) in the

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. She returned to Nigeria in 1983 and she joined the

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.http://www.neighbours4goodluck.org/1/Princess%20Stella%20Oduah%20Ogiemwonyi%20OON.html In 1992, she left the

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to establish the Sea Petroleum & Gas Company Limited (SPG), an independent marketer of

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products in

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. She was married to the former Minister for Works, Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi and has children.

Politics

On February 9
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC)
indicted Stella Oduah, and the Nigerian Subsidiary of Chinese Construction Giant,

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, in allege fraudulent

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transaction of about N5billion over five months in 2014. On 26 August 2021, Stella Oduah left People's Democratic Party to join the

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. When asked, She said she joined the ruling party because she wants to change the “political narrative” in the South-East region of the country.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Oduah-Ogiemwonyi, Stella 1962 births Women members of the Senate (Nigeria) Aviation ministers of Nigeria Living people Nigerian Roman Catholics 21st-century Nigerian women politicians Igbo politicians Women government ministers of Nigeria All Progressives Congress politicians Senators of the 8th National Assembly (Nigeria) Senators of the 9th National Assembly (Nigeria)