| Honorific Prefix: | Her Excellency |
| Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu | |
| Office: | First lady of Ondo State |
| Term Label: | In role |
| Term Start: | 24 February 2017 |
| Term End: | 27 December 2023 |
| Governor: | Rotimi Akeredolu |
| Predecessor: | Olukemi Mimiko |
| Successor: | Oluwaseun Aiyedatiwa |
| Birth Name: | Betty Onyetugochioma Claribel Uburuamaka Anyanwu |
| Birth Date: | 1953 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Owerri, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now in Imo State, Nigeria) |
| Nationality: | Nigerian |
| Spouse: | [1] |
| Children: | 4 |
| Alma Mater: | |
Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu (born 20 July 1953) is a Nigerian aquaculturist who was the first lady of Ondo State in Nigeria from 2017 to 2023. She is a feminist and gender activist.[2] She was married to former governor of Ondo State Rotimi Akeredolu.[3] She is the founder of the Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria, and a survivor of breast cancer.[4] [5]
Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu was born on 20 July 1953, to the family of chief BUB and Nneoma Dora Anyanwu, in Emeabiam, Owerri-West, in Imo State.[6]
Anyanwu-Akeredolu attended the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology in 1977. She holds a Master of science degree in fisheries, major in aquaculture, from the University of the Philippines Visayas in Iloilo City.[7]
She began her career as a fish farmer while working with the Federal Department of Fisheries. She retired in 2005.[8] [9] She is a commercial fish farmer and provides consultancy services through her firm, Aquatek Farms Ventures.[10] In addition, she has made a foray into politics since 2007 and is active in the present (2017) dispensation.[11]
In 1997, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent treatment and survived. She started the nonprofit organization, Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria (BRECAN)[12] to raise awareness of the disease. She has won awards in recognition of her work and commitment in the fight against breast cancer in Nigeria.[9]
She is also a supporter of the Bring Back Our Girls movement.[13]
She was passionate about the widow that made her launch a platform for them to gain from the dividends of democracy.[2]
Anyanwu-Akeredolu married Rotimi Akeredolu, former governor of Ondo State in April 1981. He died on 27 December 2023, after a prolonged health battle with leukaemia and prostate cancer at the age of 67. They had four children and four grandchildren.[14]