Innovation, Science and Technology
Minister: Uche Nnaji
Funds R&D and supervises the science agencies — NASENI, NASRDA, RMRDC, the Sheda Science Complex and the National Biotechnology Agency — to drive innovation-led growth.
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Industry, Trade and Investment
Minister: Doris Uzoka-Anite
Mandate
The Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment promotes industrialisation, regulates standards and consumer protection, sets trade policy, and drives investment promotion and special economic zones.
It supervises the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations, and the Bank of Industry.
Current priorities include implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the Nigeria Single Window for trade facilitation, the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council reforms, revival of moribund industrial estates, MSME finance through the Bank of Industry, and stronger ease-of-doing-business rankings.
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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.
Labour and Employment
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.
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.
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.
Power
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.