Works
Minister: Dave Umahi
Plans and maintains federal highways and bridges through FERMA and the federal highway zones, with major projects including the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and the Sokoto-Badagry Super Highway.
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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: 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.
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.
Transportation
Minister: Sa'idu Ahmed Alkali
Coordinates road, rail and inland waterways policy through the Nigerian Railway Corporation, the National Inland Waterways Authority, the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology and CRFFN.
Environment
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.
Justice
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.