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.
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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: 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.
Sports Development
Minister: John Enoh
Promotes grassroots and elite sport, supervising the National Sports Commission, the National Institute for Sports and federal stadiums, and supporting national federations such as the NFF.
Foreign Affairs
Minister: Yusuf Tuggar (Minister of State: Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu)
Conducts Nigeria's diplomacy, treaties and consular services and represents the country at the UN, AU, ECOWAS, OPEC and the Commonwealth, supported by NIDCOM for diaspora affairs.
Solid Minerals Development
Minister: Dele Alake
Regulates mining, licensing and geological surveys through the Mining Cadastre Office, the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency, the Solid Minerals Development Fund and the Mines Inspectorate Department.
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.