10/01/2026
Princess Catherine Oladunni Odu was born on 29th December, 1952 in Okitipupa, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State.
She attended St. Louis Secondary School, Ondo from 1964 to 1968. She became a graduate of Sociology at the University of Benin with Second-Class, Upper Division in the year 1979 having obtained a National Diploma Degree, in Secretariat Studies in 1973 from Ibadan Polytechnic, Ibadan.
Upon completion of her National Youth Service Corp assignment at the Federal Civil Service Commission, Anambra State Ministry of Information in 1980, she joined the services of the Federal Ministry of Employment, Labour and Productivity, where she worked for solid 10years.
Princess Oladunni Odu proceeded to the University of Calabar where she obtained Master of Science in Industrial Sociology. She also had a Bachelorβs Degree of Law from the University of Lagos in 1989 with Second- Class, Upper Division. Bachelor of Law from Nigeria Law School in 1990 equally with Second-Class, Upper Division and a distinction in Master of Law (LLM) from University of Lagos (1992). She is currently undergoing her PhD at the University of Ado-Ekiti.
Princess Oladunni Odu, as an Astute Politician, was the Commissioner for Education, Ondo State (1995-1999), Commissioner for Women Affairs, Ondo State (January1999 to May 1999), Chairman, Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) from September 2003 β February, 2009.
In 2013, she was appointed Director, Federal Medical Centre, Asaba; a position she held till 2015. Princess Oladunni Odu was appointed the Federal commissioner, Public Complaints Commission, Akure in 2015. Ikale ilaje apoi and ijaw rant tv.
She was again appointed the Chairman, Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board, by the former Governor of Ondo State L@te Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in October, 2017.
Princess Catherine Oludunni Odu was also appointed as the first female Secretary to the State Government, the first in the history of the Ondo state.
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