Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu (March 31, 1952 – November 17, 2015) was a Nigerian politician. He ended his term as education minister of

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on 17 December 2008. He had been appointed education minister eighteen months earlier. He was replaced as education minister by Dr.

Sam Egwu Sam Ominyi Egwu CON (born 20 June 1954) is a Nigerian politician and member of People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria. He was elected Governor of Ebonyi State in the 1999 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 200 ...

. Dr. Aja-Nwachukwu graduated from the

University of Ibadan The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public university located in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Initially founded as the University College Ibadan in 1948, it maintained its affiliation with the University of London. In 1962, it became an independe ...

with a B.Sc in

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, held an

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Finance, an M.Sc Statistics and a Ph.D in

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. He also has a Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science and Engineering. He began his public service career as Education Officer with the

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Ministry of Education in 1979 as a Mathematics teacher. Between 1984 and 2006, he taught finance and business as a Lecturer in

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and

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. Dr. Aja-Nwachukwu also ran for the office of Governor of Ebonyi state of Nigeria in the 2007 elections. He was a son of Aja Nwachukwu, Nigeria's first Minister of Education.

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1952 births 2015 deaths University of Ibadan alumni Academic staff of Abia State University Education ministers of Nigeria Igbo politicians People from Ebonyi State {{Ebonyi-politician-stub

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