Budget and Economic Planning
Minister: Abubakar Atiku Bagudu
Coordinates the federal budget, the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Nigeria's national development plans, supervising the Budget Office, the Bureau of Statistics and NISER.
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Agriculture and Food Security
Minister: Abubakar Kyari (Minister of State: Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi)
Mandate
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.
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Minister: Balarabe Abbas Lawal (Minister of State: Iziaq Adekunle Salako)
Leads policy on environmental protection, climate response and biodiversity through NESREA, NOSDRA, HYPREP, the National Park Service and Nigeria's Climate Change Department.
Aviation and Aerospace Development
Minister: Festus Keyamo
Regulates Nigerian civil aviation, airport infrastructure and air safety through the NCAA, FAAN, NAMA, NiMet and the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology in Zaria.
Health and Social Welfare
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.
Power
Minister: Adebayo Adelabu
Drives generation, transmission, distribution and electrification policy through TCN, NERC, the Rural Electrification Agency and the Electricity Act 2023 enabling state electricity markets.
Niger Delta Development
Minister: Abubakar Momoh
Drives infrastructure, environmental remediation and youth empowerment across the nine oil-producing states, coordinating with the NDDC, the Amnesty Programme and the Ogoni clean-up under HYPREP.