Minister: Ahmed Musa Dangiwa (Minister of State: Abdullahi Tijjani Gwarzo)
The Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development drives national housing policy, urban renewal, mortgage finance, building standards, and the planning of cities and satellite towns to address Nigeria's estimated 28-million unit housing deficit.
It supervises the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute, and federal housing estates across all states. It also administers the National Housing Fund scheme.
Current priorities include the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates programme, slum upgrading, expansion of the Family Homes Fund and rent-to-own schemes, reform of land administration in collaboration with states, support for local building-materials manufacturing, and a national urban-development policy aligned with the SDGs.
Minister: Mohammed Badaru Abubakar (Minister of State: Bello Matawalle)
Directs national defence policy and oversees the Nigerian Army, Navy and Air Force, working with the service chiefs, DICON and the Defence Intelligence Agency on national security.
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.
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.
Minister: Gboyega Oyetola
Created in 2023 to develop policy for ports, shipping, fisheries and coastal resources through the Nigerian Ports Authority, NIMASA, the Shippers' Council and the Maritime Academy in Oron.
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: 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.