Chukwuma Odii Ifeanyi
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Chukwuma Odii Ifeanyi is a Nigerian politician. They have contested 1 election (1 loss) across 1 party, receiving 80K total votes. Most recent: 2023 Gubernatorial Elections as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate.
Political Career
Biography
Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii (born 17 April 1975) is a Nigerian businessman, philanthropist and politician. He is the founder and chairman of Orient Global Group.
Odii is the gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party for Ebonyi State in the 2023 gubernatorial election. Odii is a native of Isu in Onicha local government area (LGA) of Ebonyi state, Nigeria.
Odii attended Isu-achara primary school and Isu secondary school, both in Ebonyi state for his early education. Odii studied Business Administration from the National Open University of Nigeria, earning a Bachelors of Science (B.Sc.).
He was conferred with a Doctor of Science Degree in Strategic Business Management & Corporate Governance by the European American University in the Republic of Panama. Odii also studied through the Chief Executive program at Lagos Business School.
He is a member of the Lagos State University Governing Board, announced in 2021 by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Odii is also on the board of the Nnamdi Azikwe University Business School.
Odii was elected as the 2023 Gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (Nigeria), polling 349 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chris Usulor, who scored nine votes.
In 2022, the Guardian Newspaper recognized Odii as one of the top 50 CEOs that impacted and contributed to Nigeria’s GDP growth in 2021. Odii was awarded Independent Newspaper’s Philanthropist of the Year.
Odii won the ‘Next Bull Awards’ in 2021 at the Nigerian Investors Value Awards (NIVA) organized by Business Day Newspaper and the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
He established the Ebele and Anyichuks Foundation, which he runs with his wife. The foundation has built over 130 homes for poor people, six churches, and a 2.2 km road in Magodo, Lagos. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the foundation donated 150 million naira to the Federal Government, Lagos State, and Ebonyi State, and distributed pallatives.
Odii has provided scholarships for students in Ebonyi State.
Party Positions
Policy positions from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)'s manifesto.
Anti-corruption
PDP commits to strengthening anti-corruption institutions (EFCC & ICPC) and enforcing transparency reforms, including asset declaration laws and removal of immunity clauses for public officials.
Education
Ensure free education up to Junior Secondary School (JSS1) level and commit to revamping tertiary education.
Energy
PDP pledges to eliminate gas flaring, enforce air pollution regulations, complete deregulation of downstream petroleum sector, and lay gas pipelines nationwide for industrial use.
Environment & Climate
Commits to reclaiming and rehabilitating land devastated by desertification and soil erosion through afforestation in affected areas.
Healthcare
Provide free medical services for pregnant women and children under five years, rehabilitate health facilities in each LGA, and support local production of essential drugs.
Infrastructure
Accelerate the completion of key rail projects, including standard gauge rail lines between Lagos and Kano (Phase 1) and Port Harcourt to Jos (Phase 2), by privatizing or concessioning the Nigerian Railway Corporation to private operators.
Reliefs and scholarships
Introduce a service compact (SERVICOM) aimed at improving governance through enhanced engagement with the public sector.
Security & Defense
PDP plans to refine recruitment methods, retrain personnel, improve logistics, and strengthen early warning systems for police reform.
Technology & Digital
Will establish internet/computer learning centers in all LGAs, provide computers for secondary schools, and enforce local content policy for telecom equipment.
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