Management Team
Mrs. Aderonke Odeneye
Permanent Sec (Ministry of Environment)
Mrs Aderonke Belinda Odeneye was born on the 3rd September, 1965 in Manchester, United Kingdom to the Kadara family of Oyingbo, Lagos State.
Education
Belinda Aderonke Odeneye was educated at K.Kotun memorial Nursery and Primary School, Surulere, Government College, Agege as well as the University of Ilorin where she bagged a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Chemistry. She is also a holder of Master’s Degree in Environmental Pollution Control from the University of Leeds.
She was prepared for professional rigors during her National Youth Service at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri where she served as Graduate Assistant between 1985 and 1986 and her Industrial Attachments at Imarsel Chemical Company and Pfizer Product Limited between 1983 and 1984.
Professional Careers
She has decades of experience in both the Public Service of the Federal Government of Nigeria and Lagos State. Having worked for 23 years as a Scientific Officer at the Federal Ministry of Works and the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (FEPA) which metamorphosed from the Environmental Planning and Protection Division of the Federal Ministry of Environment, she transferred her service to Lagos State in 2010 where she has worked at the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, Lagos State Safety Commission and the Environmental Services Department of the Ministry of the Environment.
As an astute Health Safety and Environment (HSE) professional, she participated in many capacity trainings and international congresses such as the World Congress on Safety and Health at Work in Frankfurt, Germany in 2014 and Safety and Health Exposition in London in 2016. She is a Fellow of Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) and Specialist member of the United Kingdom based International Institution of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM). She also holds the membership of many Non-Governmental Organisations including the Nigerian Environmental Society (NES), Waste Management Society of Nigeria (WAMASON) and Friends of Environment Society (FOTE) among others.
She is a community leader and devout Christian who is happily married to Mr. Seth Adetunji Odeneye and they are blessed with children.