Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu (March 31, 1952 – November 17, 2015) was a Nigerian politician.
He ended his term as education minister of Nigeria on 17 December 2008.
He had been appointed education minister eighteen months earlier.
Dr. Aja-Nwachukwu also ran for the office of Governor of Ebonyi state of Nigeria in the 2007 elections.
He was a son of Aja Nwachukwu, Nigeria's first Minister of Education.