Industry, Trade and Investment
Minister: Doris Uzoka-Anite
Promotes industrialisation, trade and investment through NIPC, NEPC, NEXIM, SON, FCCPC, the Corporate Affairs Commission and the Bank of Industry, including AfCFTA implementation.
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Health and Social Welfare
Minister: Muhammad Ali Pate (Minister of State: Iziaq Adekunle Salako)
Mandate
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, led by the Coordinating Minister, oversees national health policy, public health systems, hospitals, drug regulation, health insurance, and the social-welfare interface with healthcare delivery.
It supervises the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), and federal teaching and specialist hospitals.
Strategic priorities include the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative, the Sector-Wide Approach with development partners, expansion of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund, revitalisation of 8,800 primary health centres, the Health Workforce Migration Policy, and accelerating health-product manufacturing under PVAC.
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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.
Petroleum Resources
Minister: Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Ministers of State — Oil: Heineken Lokpobiri; Gas: Ekperikpe Ekpo)
Sets policy for the upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas value chain, with the President as substantive Minister and separate Ministers of State for Oil and Gas, supervising NUPRC, NMDPRA and NNPC Ltd.
Water Resources and Sanitation
Minister: Joseph Utsev (Minister of State: Bello Muhammad Goronyo)
Manages dams, river basins, irrigation and national water-supply policy through the twelve River Basin Development Authorities, the National Water Resources Institute and the Clean Nigeria sanitation campaign.
Women Affairs
Minister: Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim
Advances gender equality, women's empowerment and protection from violence through the National Centre for Women Development, gender desks across MDAs and Sexual Assault Referral Centres.
Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction
Minister: Vacant — update in admin
Coordinates disaster relief, social safety nets and refugee support through NEMA, NCFRMI and NSIPA, including the National Social Register and conditional cash transfers.