The following people acted as Education Ministers of Nigeria, including Ministers of State for Education: *

Aja Nwachukwu Aja or AJA may refer to: Acronyms *AJ Auxerre, a French football club *Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport's IATA airport code *Al Jazeera America, an American news channel * American Jewish Archives *''American Journal of Archaeology'' *, a Germ ...

(1958 to 1965) * Richard Akinjide (1965 to 1967) * Wenike Briggs (1967 to 1970) * A. Y. Eke (1970 to 1975) * Ahmadu Ali (1975 to 1978) * G. B. Leton (1978 to 1979) *

Sylvester Ugoh Sylvester Ugoh was the Vice President of Nigeria, Vice Presidential candidate of the National Republican Convention in 1993, the NRC's President of Nigeria, Presidential candidate being Bashir Tofa. Ugoh was the governor of Bank of Biafra, Biafr ...

(1979 to 1982) *

Bala Usman Yusufu Bala Usman (1945 – 24 September 2005) was a Nigerian historian and politician, who was one of the scholars who shaped Nigerian historiography. He was the founder of the Centre for Democratic Development, Research and Training at Ahm ...

(1979 to 1982) * Elizabeth Iyase (1979 to 1982) * I. C. Madubuike (1982 to 1983) * L. A. Bamigbaiye (1982 to 1983) * Sunday Afolabi (September to December 1983) * Alhaji Y. Abdullahi (1984 to 1985) * Alhaji Ibrahim (1985) *

Jubril Aminu Jibril Muhammad Aminu (born August, 1939) is a professor of cardiology. He was Nigerian Ambassador to the USA (1999–2003) and was elected Senator for Adamawa Central constituency of Adamawa State, Nigeria, taking office on 29 May 2003. He is a ...

(1985 to 1989) * Babs Fafunwa (1990 to 1992) *

Ben Nwabueze Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he ...

(January 1993 to August 1993) * A. I. Imogie (January 1993 to November 1993) * Alhaji Dongodaji (January 1993 to January 1994) *

Iyorchia Ayu Iyorchia Ayu (born 15 November 1952) is a Nigerian politician; he is the current Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee. A former Nigerian Senator, he was elected President of the Senate during the Nigerian Thi ...

(January 1994 to February 1995) * Wada Nas (January 1995 to February 1995) * M. T. Liman (February 1995 to December 1997) *

Iyabo Anisulowo Iyabo Veronica Anishulowo (née Ajibogun) is a Nigerian educator and elder stateswoman who served the Federal Government of Nigeria at many levels, she is one of the most prominent female political personalities and proponents of gender equality ...

(February 1997 to December 1997) * Dauda Birmah (December 1997 to June 1998) * A. N. Achunine (December 1997 to June 1998) * Olaiya Oni (August 1998 to May 1999) * Alhaji S. Saadu (August 1998 to May 1999) *

Tunde Adeniran Tunde Adeniran (born 29 September 1945) is a Nigerian scholar, politician, diplomat, and former minister of education. A former staff of United Nations, Tunde - before moving into politics in 1998 - retired as a political science lecturer at the ...

(June 1999 to January 2001) * Lawam Batagarawa (June 1999 to 2001) *

Babalola Borishade Abraham Babalola Borishade (7 March 1946 – 26 April 2017) was a Nigerian politician. He was a four time Federal Minister in Nigeria, between 1999-2011. He was known as an electrical engineer, teacher and political strategist. Early life Borishad ...

(February 2001 to June 2003) *

Bello Usman Bello may refer to: People *Bello (surname), multiple people *Bello Nock, (born 1968), American circus clown often known simply as Bello *Domingo Bello y Espinosa (1817–1884), Spanish lawyer and botanist, cited simply as Bello in botanical names ...

(February 2001 to June 2003) * F. N. C. Osuji (July 2003 to February 2005) *

Hajia Bintu Musa Hajji ( ar, الحجّي; sometimes spelled Hadji, Haji, Alhaji, Al-Hadj, Al-Haj or El-Hajj) is an honorific title which is given to a Muslim who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca. It is also often used to refer to an elder, since it ...

(July 2003 to June 2005) *

Chinwe Obaji Chinwe Obaji is a higher education lecturer, teacher and education administrator who was appointed to heaNigeria's Federal Ministry of Educationin June 2005 as Senior Minister, and was succeeded a year later by Obiageli Ezekwesili. Background Ch ...

(June 2005 to June 2006) *

Halima Tayo Alao Halima Tayo Alao (born 6 December 1956) is a Nigerian architect and former Minister of Environment and Housing during President Umaru Yar'Adua's administration. Early life and education Halima Tayo Alao was born on 6 December 1956. She had her ...

(June 2005 to 2006) *

Grace Ogwuche Grace may refer to: Places United States * Grace, Idaho, a city * Grace (CTA station), Chicago Transit Authority's Howard Line, Illinois * Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Grace post office * Grace, Carroll County, Missouri, an uninco ...

(February 2006 to June 2006) *

Oby Ezekwesili Obiageli "Oby" Ezekwesili (born 28 April 1963) is an economic policy expert, an advocate for transparency, accountability, good governance and human capital development, a humanitarian and an activist. She is a former vice president for the Worl ...

(June 2006 to April 2007) *

Sayadi Abba Ruma Seydi ( fa, صیدی, also Romanized as Şeydī, Şayādī, and Şayyādī; also known as Şeyd and Şayyād) is a village in Jam Rural District, in the Central District of Jam County, Bushehr Province, Iran Iran, officially the I ...

(June 2006 to April 2007) * Adewunmi Abitoye (June 2006 to May 2007) * Igwe Aja Nwachukwu (June 2007 to December 2008) * Jerry Agada (June 2007 to December 2008) * Aishatu Jibril Dukku (June 2007 - 2010) *

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 2007 ...

(December 2008 to March 2010) * Ruqqayat Rufai (April 2010 – September 2013) *

Ibrahim Shekarau Ibrahim Shekarau (born 5 November 1955) was a former Nigerian minister of education and two-term Governor of Kano State in Nigeria. He was elected in April 2003 and reelected in April 2007. He is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). H ...

(2014 - 2015) * Adamu Adamu (November 2015 – Present)

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