Benard Odoh

**Benard Ifeanyi Odoh** (an Haife shi a ranar 5 ga watan Agusta 1975) ɗan Siyasar Najeriya ne kuma Farfesa a fannin Geophysics.  Ya kasance sakataren gwamnatin jihar Ebonyi daga shekarun 2015 zuwa 2018. Ya kuma kasance ɗan takarar gwamna na jam’iyyar All Progressives Grand Alliance a jihar Ebonyi a shekara ta 2023. 

## Ilimi da aiki
Odoh ya fara karatunsa na farko a makarantar firamare ta Ezza Road sannan ya samu SSCE daga makarantar kimiyya ta musamman da ke Igbeagu Abakaliki a jihar Ebonyi a shekarar 1994. Ya yi karatun B.Sc. a Kimiyyar Ƙasa (1999), MSc a Applied Geophysics, (2006), da PhD (2008) a Applied Geophysics (Geoelectrical Geophysics) duk daga Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Odoh ya shiga makarantar ne a shekarar 2002 kuma an naɗa shi a matsayin farfesa a fannin Geophysics a shekarar 2014 Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.  Ya kuma yi karatu a Jami'ar Jihar Ebonyi, Abakaliki daga watan Maris 2002- Satumba 2009, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka tsakanin watan Satumba 2009 zuwa Agusta 2014, kuma ya kasance mai bincike tare da Society of Exploration Geophysics (SEG) a Oklahoma USA, a shekarun 2006, 2007, 2008 da kuma 2011. Bincikensa  a wannan yanki ya ba da kayan aikin yanke shawara na tattalin arziki don rage gazawa: a cikin amfani da ruwa na ƙasa; ma'adinai masu amfani;  tafki da taswira don ayyukan Bankin Duniya na Al'ummar Ruwa, Kogin Anambra Imo. Shi memba ne na Society of Exploration Geophysics, Oklahoma, USA,  American Association of Petroleum Geologists, USA,  European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, London, da Nigeria Association of Petroleum Explorations, Lagos. Sannan kuma memba ne a Kungiyar Ma’adanai da Geosciences Society ta Najeriya, Abuja. 

## Sana'ar siyasa
Odoh dai ya fara siyasa ne a lokacin da ya tsaya takarar Sanatan Ebonyi ta tsakiya a karkashin jam’iyyar APGA a babban zaɓen Najeriya na 2015 amma ya sha kaye a hannun Sanata Obinna Ogba na jam’iyyar PDP. Gwamnan jihar Ebonyi, Dave Umahi ya naɗa shi sakataren gwamnatin jihar Ebonyi a watan Mayun 2015.  Ya yi murabus daga Majalisar Zartarwa a watan Afrilun 2018 saboda dalilai na rashin gudanar da mulki da Gwamna Dave Umahi.  Daga baya ya tsaya takarar gwamnan Ebonyi a 2019 a karkashin jam’iyyar All Progressives Congress amma ya sha kaye a zaɓen fidda gwani a hannun Sonni Ogbuoji. 

A shekarar 2022, Odoh ya sauya sheka daga jam’iyyar All Progressives Congress zuwa jam’iyyar All Progressives Grand Alliance sannan ya lashe tikitin takarar gwamna ya zama ɗan takarar jam’iyyar All Progressives Grand Alliance a zaben gwamnan jihar Ebonyi na 2023.   

## An gudanar da naɗi da mukamai na jama'a

* An naɗa Odoh a matsayin sakataren gwamnatin jihar Ebonyi tsakanin watan Mayu 2015 zuwa Afrilu 2018
* Shirin Shugaban CBN Anchor-Borrowers don bunƙasa noman shinkafa a Najeriya, 2016 
* Ziyarar Farfesa zuwa Jami'ar Tarayya Gusau, a watan Yuli 2014.

### Ayyuka
An baiwa Odoh lambar yabo ta tallafin bincike na manyan makarantu na shekarar 2012 don binciken asalin yanayin ƙasa da yanayin yanayin Okposi-Uburu Salt Lakes; da kwatanta yanayin ƙasa,  a Jihar Ebonyi, Nigeria. An kuma ba shi lambar yabo ta Society of Exploration Geophysics (SEG) Oklahoma USA, 2011 kyauta don sautin geoelectrical da nazarin hydrogeochemical don ƙaddamar da gurɓataccen ruwan ƙasa na magudanar ruwan acid a tashar Okpara Mine, Enugu, Kudu maso Gabashin Najeriya,  da Society of Exploration Geophysics/ Tallafin Aikin Filin Filin TGS don tallafawa aikin "Binciken wuraren sharar gida mai guba da kuma binne tankunan mai ta amfani da hanyar da ta dace" 2009. Sauran ayyukan da Odohin ke jagoranta sun haɗa da Society of Exploration Geophysics Projectin goyon bayan Pb-Zn Exploration a Abakaliki ta amfani da Spontaneous Potential, 2008 da Society of Exploration Geophysics Project onHydrogeophysical taswira na Abakaliki shale aquifers, 2007.   

## Manazarta