Police Affairs
Minister: Ibrahim Geidam
Provides civilian policy oversight for the Nigeria Police Force, working with the Police Service Commission, the Police Trust Fund, the Police Pensions Office and the Nigerian Police Academy.
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Housing and Urban Development
Minister: Ahmed Musa Dangiwa (Minister of State: Abdullahi Tijjani Gwarzo)
Mandate
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.
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Minister: Wale Edun
Manages federal revenue, expenditure, debt and fiscal policy through FIRS, the Customs Service, the Debt Management Office, AMCON and the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority.
Federal Capital Territory
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.
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.
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.
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.