Dr Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu, a former Minister of Education is dead.
The ex-minister died at the age of 63.
His younger brother, Festus Aja-Nwachukwu confirmed the development this morning.
Igwe Aja-Nwachuku ended his term as education minister of Nigeria on 17 December 2008 under the late President Umaru Ya’radua administration. He had been appointed education minister eighteen months earlier. He was replaced as education minister by Dr. Sam Egwu.
Aja Nwachukwu who was also the immediate past Pro-Chancellor of the Ebonyi State University, had earlier this year declared his intention to contest for the Ebonyi governorship seat in 2015, a race he later withdrew from.
Dr. Aja-Nwachukwu graduated from the University of Ibadan with a BSc in statistics, holds an MBA Finance, an M.Sc Statistics and a Police. PhD 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.