Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu

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Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu (born March 31, 1952) is the current education minister of Nigeria. He 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.