Nkechinyere is the third girl born to her parents, the late Mr. Forster Chijioke and Mrs. Mercy Chijioke.

Her father worked at WAEC in Ghana during the Nigerian civil war years and later became a senior deputy director at the same organization before retiring from active service. She was brought up in a close-knit Christian family where the values of integrity, humility, and a strong value for education were instilled in her at an early age.