Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Education minister of Nigeria
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About Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu
- Igwe Aja-Nwachuku (March 31, 1952 – November 17, 2015) was a Nigerian politician.
- He ended his term as education minister of Nigeria on 17 December 2008.
- He had been appointed education minister eighteen months earlier.
- He was replaced as education minister by Dr.
- Sam Egwu.
- Dr.
- Aja-Nwachukwu graduated from the University of Ibadan with a B.Sc in statistics, holds an MBA Finance, an M.Sc Statistics and a Ph.D in Economics.
- He also has a Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science and Engineering.
- He began his public service career as Education Officer with the Ebonyi State Ministry of Education in 1979 as a Mathematics teacher.
- Between 1984 and 2006, he taught finance and business as a Lecturer in Abia State University and Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki.
- Dr.
- Aja-Nwachukwu also ran for the office of Governor of Ebonyi state of Nigeria in the 2007 elections.
- He is a son of Aja Nwachukwu, Nigeria's first Minister of Education.
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