Chinwe Obaji babban malamin ilimi ne, malami kuma mai kula da harkokin ilimi wanda aka nada shi ya shugabanci Ma’aikatar Ilimi ta Tarayyar Najeriya a watan Yunin 2005 a matsayin Babban Minista, kuma bayan shekara daya sai Obiageli Ezekwesili ya gaje shi. An Haifa Chinwe Obaji a Ezinihitte-Mbaise in jihar Imo. Tayi karatu a jami'ar Najeriya ta Nsukka (University of Nigeria, Nsukka) a shekarar 1975. Daga shekarar 1980 ita lakcara ce (lecturer) Kuma shugaba a kwalejin kimiyya da fasaha ta jihar Imo (Michael Michael Okpara College of Agriculture, Umuagwo, Imo State) a Nigeria. Chinwe Obaji ita ce Mace ta farko a Ministar Ilimi a Najeriya. A matsayinta na Ministan Ilimi, ta yi ƙoƙari don sake farfado da Sashen Kulawa na Ma’aikatar Ilimi ta Tarayya. Ta fara aikin ciyar da abinci daya ne a rana a wasu makarantun firamare da ke fadin kasar. Ta bayar da umarnin cewa Jami’o’i su gudanar da jarabawar kammala karatun Jami’ar ga daliban da ke neman shiga cikin kokarin ta hanyar kaucewa rashin dacewar Hukumar Hadahadar Shiga Jami’o’i da Jarabawar (JAMB).