About Senator Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah OON (Ọmụeze)
The record behind the mandate
Anambra North’s trust in Senator Stella Oduah didn’t start with this platform. It was built over decades — in business, in government, and on the ground in our communities. Here’s that record.
2×
elected Senator, Anambra North
22
federal airports rehabilitated as Minister
9
bills sponsored for the constituency
Bio
Senator Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah OON (Ọmụeze), is a Nigerian business executive, public servant, and philanthropist with a career spanning the private sector, aviation administration, and legislative service. She built and led a diversified business group, including Sea Petroleum & Gas Company, before entering public life. As Minister of Aviation (2011–2014), she championed Nigeria’s first Aviation Master Plan, rehabilitated 22 federal airports, and advanced major safety and consumer-protection reforms. She represented Anambra North in the Nigerian Senate for two consecutive terms (2015–2019, 8th National Assembly; 2019–2023, 9th National Assembly), sponsoring legislation spanning health, education, agriculture, and infrastructure — and now seeks to return to the seat to finish that work, alongside a long-standing philanthropic record through the SPG Charitable Life Foundation and Joe Life Education Foundation, including skills-acquisition and microfinance programmes delivered directly in Ogbaru.
Career timeline
- 1982–1992
Pipelines & Products Marketing Company, Warri
Rose from Sales Officer to Head of Local Payments, Sales, and Statistics — the operational grounding that shaped her business career.
- 1992–2011
President / CEO, Sea Petroleum & Gas Company Limited
Built a diversified business group — including International Trading and Logistics (INTRALOG), Sea Shipping Agency, Tour Afrique, Rotary Engineering, and Lords Construction — introducing service concepts like Home Delivery Service and Total Fuel Management to Nigeria's downstream oil and gas sector.
- 2007
Entry into public life
Director of Administration and Strategy for the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Presidential Campaign Organization, and Board Chairman of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
- 2011–2014
Minister of Aviation
Appointed by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. Led sector-wide reform (see achievements below).
- 2015–2019
Senator, Anambra North — 8th National Assembly
First elected to represent Anambra North, sponsoring legislation across governance, health, education, and infrastructure.
- 2016–2019
President, ECOWAS Female Parliamentarians Association (ECOFEPA)
Under her leadership, the organisation focused on increasing female political participation across West Africa and supporting women-led agricultural and entrepreneurial ventures in the ECOWAS sub-region.
- 2019–2023
Senator, Anambra North — 9th National Assembly
Re-elected by Anambra North to a second consecutive term, continuing legislative work across agriculture, enabling legislation, and human capital development.
- Today
Returning to the seat
This time with a platform built to organise the mandate directly with Anambra North's people, ward by ward.
Major achievements as Minister of Aviation
- Championed the Aviation Master Plan and Road Map — the first of its kind in Nigeria
- Rehabilitated 22 federal airports nationwide
- Advanced aerotropolis development, perishable cargo airports, and consumer protection
- Supported automation of revenue collection to reduce sector leakages
- Strengthened the Aviation Consumer Bill of Rights and NCAA regulation
- Delivered total radar coverage and flight-tracking capability for Nigerian airspace
- Supported NIMET's ICAO certification (March 2013)
- Commenced new international terminal projects in Lagos and Abuja
- Launched international flights from Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu (August 2013)
- Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, named Best Emerging Airport in Africa (April 2014)
- Advocated for the formal gazetting and executive inclusion of Anambra to ensure the state received its 13% Derivation Fund allocations (2021)
- Championed human capital and major national resource legislation (2015–2023)
Selected legislative record — Nigerian Senate
Among the bills sponsored or supported representing Anambra North:
- Protection of Personal Information Bill 2019
- Private Hospital Regulation Bill 2019
- Renewable Energy Bill 2019
- Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill 2019
- NYSC Act (Amendment) Bill 2019
- South East Development Commission (Est.) Bill 2019
- Commercial Agricultural Credit Scheme Bill 2020
- Federal Medical Centre, Onitsha, Anambra State Establishment Bill
- TETFUND Act 2011 (Amendment) Bill 2020
Full list available on request.
Honours & awards
- Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON)2005
- ECOWAS International Gold Award2000
- Dame International Nigeria Women's Award2002
- Women Achievers Award — City People Magazine2002
- Distinguished Catholic Professional Award2003
- Outstanding Performance in Petroleum Industry Award2001
- Men of Achievement Award1999
- NNPC Group Managing Director's Award for Outstanding Performance1990
- Best Emerging Airport in Africa — Murtala Muhammed International Airport2014
Philanthropy — work already underway in our communities
SPG Charitable Life Foundation (2007)
Empowering women and children through child rights, gender health, youth empowerment, and rural development programmes.
Joe Life Education Foundation (2007)
Expanding access to quality education for less-privileged children.
Skills Acquisition Programme
Training centres in Ogbaru, Anambra State, and Orhionwon, Edo State, covering trades from computer literacy to fashion design, welding, and auto mechanics.
Ekho Heart Foundation / Modupe Cancer Initiative
Cardiovascular health advocacy, HPV prevention, and cervical cancer awareness and vaccination support.
Farmers Microfinance Scheme
Loans for peasant and subsistence farmers in Ogbaru LGA.
Potable Water Scheme
Boreholes and hand pumps delivered to rural communities across Anambra and Adamawa States.
Additional community projects
Classroom blocks and school buildings, a medical centre in Orhionwon, weekly feeding support for the poor, and annual scholarships from primary school through university.
“I’ve done this before — for two terms, in partnership with this constituency. This platform is how that partnership continues, structured, ward by ward, so the mandate stays yours as much as it is mine.”