Minister: Tunji Alausa (Minister of State: Yusuf Sununu)
The Federal Ministry of Education sets national policy for basic, secondary, technical and tertiary education, teacher development, curriculum standards, and literacy programmes across the federation.
It supervises the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), the National Universities Commission (NUC), the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), JAMB, NECO, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), and the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council.
Current priorities include rollout of the Nigerian Education Sector Renewal Initiative, expansion of student loans through NELFUND, the new 12-year basic-education structure, technical and vocational education reform, the Skill Up Artisan (SUPA) programme, and implementation of the National Policy on Open and Distance Learning.
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.
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.
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.
Minister: Ahmed Musa Dangiwa (Minister of State: Abdullahi Tijjani Gwarzo)
Drives national housing policy, urban renewal and mortgage finance through the Federal Mortgage Bank, the Federal Housing Authority and the Renewed Hope Cities programme.
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.
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.