Education
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.
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Foreign Affairs
Minister: Yusuf Tuggar (Minister of State: Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu)
Mandate
The Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs conducts Nigeria's diplomatic relations, negotiates and ratifies treaties, coordinates consular and diaspora services, and represents the country in multilateral institutions.
It supervises Nigeria's missions abroad, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, and Nigeria's seats at the United Nations, African Union, ECOWAS, OPEC, the Commonwealth, the OIC and the D-8.
Current priorities include the 4-D foreign policy framework - Democracy, Development, Demography and Diaspora - leadership in restoring constitutional order in West Africa following coups in the Sahel, advocacy for a permanent African seat on the UN Security Council, expansion of trade diplomacy under the AfCFTA, and engagement on climate finance and migration.
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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.
Information and National Orientation
Minister: Mohammed Idris Malagi
Manages government communications, public enlightenment and national values through NOA, NTA, FRCN, the News Agency of Nigeria, the NBC and the Nigerian Press Council.
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.
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.
Agriculture and Food Security
Minister: Abubakar Kyari (Minister of State: Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi)
Sets national policy for crops, livestock, agribusiness and food security, supervising NALDA, the Seeds Council and the Agricultural Research Council across Nigeria's six geopolitical zones.