| Intro | Nigerian politician |
| Is |
Politician |
| From |
Nigeria |
| Type |
Politics |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 1975 |
| Age: | 45 years |
| Politics | All Progressives Congress |
Benard Ifeanyi Odoh (born 5 August 1975) is a Nigerian politician and professor of geophysics. He is from Ezza North Local Government Area in Ebonyi State (Nigeria). Odoh was appointed the Secretary of Ebonyi State Government by Dave Umahi (the Governor of Ebonyi State) but left office by resignation in 2018. He is one of the party chieftains of the APC in Ebonyi State.
Education
He attended Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science Honours degree (Second Class Upper Division) in Geological Sciences in 1999 and subsequently earned a Master of Science degree in 2005 and Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Geophysics in 2008 at the same Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.He also became a professor of geophysics under the faculty of environmental sciences in the same University.
Political career
Odoh began his political career when he ran for Senate under the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) but lost to Senator Obinna Ogba who ran under the People’s Democratic Party platform in the 2015 general elections. Odoh then was appointed the Secretary to the State Government of Ebonyi State on May 2015 to by Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State. He left his office by resignation on April 2018. He joined the All Progressives Congress political party and was the first and youngest in history of the party to get the nomination form for the gubernatorial elections which Orji Uzor Kalu celebrated him for.
In 2019 Odoh was a candidate during the gubernatorial elections in Ebonyi State on the All Progressives Congress platform but lost in the primaries to Sonni Ogbuoji.His current political party is the All Progressives Congress (APC).