Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba (born 20 August 1967) is a

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politician and lawyer. He was the Minister of State for Education of the

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. from 2019 and resigned on April 28th 2022 after receiving an APC Expression of Interest and Nomination form to aspire for President of Nigeria in 2023 election donated by Project Nigeria Group. He has previously served as the Chairman of TETFund Board of Trustees.

Early life and education

Nwajiuba was born on 20 August 1967 at Umuezeala Nsu in

Ehime Mbano Ehime Mbano is a local government area in Imo State, Nigeria. Home of HRH Eze Emmanuel Ibechi Akagu 1 of Umuakagu autonomous community. Orieagu is a major daily market here . The postal code A postal code (also known locally in various ...

Local Government Area in

Imo State Imo State ( ig, Ȯra Imo) is a States of Nigeria, state in the South East (Nigeria), South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north by Anambra State, Rivers State to the west and south, and Abia State to the east. It takes its n ...

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. He completed a

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(LLB) from

Imo State University The Imo State University (IMSU) in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria was established in 1981 through law No. 4 passed by the Imo State House of Assembly. The university admitted the first intake of 392 pioneer students on 23 October, 1981. After the ...

. He then joined the

University of Lagos The University of Lagos, popularly known as UNILAG, is a public research university located in Lagos, Nigeria and was founded in 1962. UNILAG is one of the first generation universities in Nigeria and is ranked among the top universities in th ...

and completed

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(LLM) degree followed by a

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(PhD) in Law from the

University of Jos The University of Jos, abbreviated as Unijos, is a Federal University in Jos, Plateau State, central Nigeria. History What became the University of Jos was established in November 1971 from the satellite campus of the University of Ibadan. ...

. He was called to Nigerian bar in 1989.

Career

Nwajiuba started his career as a managing partner of Ayodeji C. Emeka Ibrahim &Co in 1991. He contested for Imo governorship on the platform of All People's Party in 2003, 2007 and 2011. He was elected a member of the

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in 1999 – 2003 where he served as

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chairman on Land, Housing and works. He was a founding member of

All Progressives Congress The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties, the ...

and Secretary of the Constitution drafting committee that produced the Constitution that gave birth to All Progressives Congress in 2013. He was the Chairman of

Tertiary Education Trust Fund Tertiary Education Trust Fund, abbreviated as TETFUND, is a scheme established by the Federal Government of Nigeria in 2011 to disburse, manage, and monitor education tax to government-owned tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The TETFUND scheme ...

from 2017 to 2019. Nwajiuba was re-elected member of the

Okigwe Okigwe is the third largest city in Imo state in Nigeria after Owerri and Orlu. Okigwe is located in the Okigwe Local Government Area of Nigeria. The city lies between the Port Harcourt- Enugu-Maiduguri rail line, being the nearest city to the ...

North Federal House of Representatives in 2019 under Accord Party. He was nominated for a ministerial role and became a Minister of State for Education of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2019.

References

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