Minister: Abubakar Kyari (Minister of State: Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi)
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security sets national policy for crop and livestock production, agribusiness development, agricultural research, rural extension services, and food security across Nigeria's six geopolitical zones.
It supervises parastatals including the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, the National Agricultural Seeds Council, and the Nigeria Agricultural Insurance Corporation. The ministry also coordinates input subsidy programmes, farmer registration, and value-chain interventions in priority commodities such as rice, maize, cassava, wheat and dairy.
Current strategic priorities include the National Agricultural Development Fund, the Renewed Hope dry-season farming initiative, mechanisation through tractor assembly partnerships, and emergency interventions to lower food prices in response to inflation.
Minister: Muhammad Ali Pate (Minister of State: Iziaq Adekunle Salako)
Oversees public health, hospitals and drug regulation through NPHCDA, NCDC, NAFDAC, NHIA and NACA, anchoring the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative.
Minister: Tunji Alausa (Minister of State: Yusuf Sununu)
Sets policy for basic, secondary, technical and tertiary education, supervising UBEC, the NUC, NBTE, JAMB, WAEC, NECO, TETFund and the new student-loan scheme through NELFUND.
Minister: Lateef Fagbemi
Headed by the Attorney-General of the Federation, advises government on legal matters, drafts legislation and conducts federal prosecutions, supervising Legal Aid, NIALS and the Law Reform Commission.
Minister: Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi (Minister of State: Nkiruka Onyejeocha)
Regulates the workplace and industrial relations and promotes employment through the National Directorate of Employment, the National Productivity Centre, the Industrial Arbitration Panel and NSITF.
Minister: Jamila Bio Ibrahim (Minister of State: Ayodele Olawande)
Designs programmes for youth skills, employment and civic engagement, supervising the NYSC, the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre and the Nigerian Youth Investment Fund.
Minister: Nyesom Wike (Minister of State: Mariya Mahmoud Bunkure)
Administers Abuja and the FCT under section 299 of the Constitution, exercising state-level powers over land, planning and municipal services through the FCTA, FCDA and AGIS.