SPOTLIGHT ON HON CHUKWUEMEKNWAJIUBA, HCN.
Chukwuemeka

Nwajiuba was born on 20th August 1967 at Umuezeala Nsu in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area in Imo State. He is married to Dr Adaku Nwajiuba and they are blessed with five children.

He studied Law (LLB) at Imo State University Okigwe (now Abia State University), obtained a Master of Laws (LLM) from the prestigious University of Lagos and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Law from the University of Jos. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1989.

Dr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba started his career as a Managing Partner of Ayodeji C. Emeka Ibrahim & Co in 1991.

Entering politics at a relatively early age, Honorable Nwajiuba was elected to represent Ehime Mbano/Ihitte Uboma/Obowo Federal Constituency of Imo state in the House of Representatives on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from 1999 - 2003 where he served as House of Representatives Committee Chairman on Land, Housing and Works.

He was nominated the Best Legislator in the House of Representatives in a United Nations Democracy Study published in the Guardian of September 30, 2002.

As part of his early political evolution, Honorable Nwajiuba joined the progressives fold and contested the Imo state governorship on the platform of the All Peoples Party (APP) in 2003 and 2007 respectively and again in 2011 on the platform of the Congress For Political Change (CPC).

In the lead up to the merger that saw the formation of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon Nwajiuba served as Secretary of the Constitution Drafting Committee that produced the Constitution of the All Progressives Congress in 2013, making him a foundation member of the Party.

He was the Chairman Board of Trustees, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) from 2017 to 2019. Creditably under him the Fund did well in reforming the education sector especially in scaling up its intervention in tertiary education in the country.

Honorable Nwajiuba was re-elected member House of Representatives representing Ehime Mbano/Ihitte Uboma/Obowo federal constituency in the Federal House of Representatives in 2019 on the platform of Accord Party.

He was to resign the position after he was nominated a Minister by President Muhammadu Buhari and subsequently became Minister of State for Education of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2019, a position he has held to date.

As Minister for state Education, working in perfect harmony with the substantive Minister, Dr Nwajiuba has played a crucial role in driving 'Education for Change'; a Ministerial Strategic Plan (MSP) of the Federal Ministry of Education developed with the intention of articulating a pathway to repositioning Nigeria’s education sector to effectively play its central role in national reform and in achieving the development agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration.

The Plan which derives from six main sources including the objectives that the All Progressives Congress (APC) set out to achieve in the education sector as stated in its manifesto and the campaign promises of President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, during the 2015 electioneering campaign is built around three result areas: Access, Quality, and Systems Strengthening and on Ten pillars:
1. Out-of-School Children; 2. Youth and Adult Literacy; 3. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) & Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET); 4. Basic Education; 5. Teacher Education, Capacity Building and Professional Development; 6. Curriculum and Policy Matters; 7. Tertiary Education; 8. Education Data and Planning; 9. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education; and 10. Library Services in Education.

Publicity shy and unassuming, a technocrat, an achiever and a team player, the highly cerebral, extremely loyal and astute politician from Imo state strongly believes that Nigeria as a country should remain one indivisible entity despite differences in tongue and creed. He sees the country's mixed heritage as a strength and not a weakness. He sees the vast and diverse human resource in Nigeria as the greatest strength of Nigeria especially the younger generation and believes the youth can be motivated to tap into their innate talents to excel and he sees that as the only solution to crime especially white collar and internet crimes like yahoo-yahoo or yahoo plus.

Honorable Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba believes that the Constitution of Nigeria needs to be reformed to make governance more accountable to the people, less expensive and more empowering of the people. He equally believes that the budgeting system is opaque and needs to be more transparent, measurable, realistic and implementable.

Honorable Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba is seen by many as a very close and trusted ally of President Buhari and maybe rightly so. As a long term associate of the President from their CPC days and one of the more significant, effective and efficient Ministers under the Buhari administration, he surely has contributed immensely in advancing the agenda of the Buhari administration even beyond his key education portfolio.

As an . He is unarguably one of the most competent, consistent, dependable and trusted pillars of the party, nationalism and patriotism from the South East zone and of Igbo extraction; with tested, and enduring political tentacles spread around the nation and trusted bridges of friendship built across all tribal, religious and cultural boundaries. Surely he qualifies to carry the mantle for the APC, even on his own merit; should the party so decide.

Honorable Nwajiuba in my objective view is undoubtedly one of those with the pedigree, capacity, competence, youthfulness, integrity, sense of commitment and experience to run with the vision and mission of President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC to take Nigeria to even greater heights beyond 2023.

Fellow Nigerians, I hereby humbly and patriotically present to you, Hon Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba PhD.

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Some presidential aspirants only want to add something to their c.v.

Impressive records !
However,I don't think he has garnered enough clout to contest for president of Nigeria.
Why go for that particular political move?
Except he is doing it for financial reasons.
He could have gone for Imo state governorship.

Is he not the dishonourable minister of Education, state? Only in Nigeria!

carl90:
Impressive records !
However,I don't think he has garnered enough clout to contest for president of Nigeria.
Why go for that particular political move?
Except he is doing it for financial reasons.
He could have gone for Imo state governorship.

Firstly he has been a Buhari boy since 2003 and been faithful since then ...we have been hearing he might be Buhari chosen one for over 2 years now ...tho I don't believe that

It makes no