Niger Delta Development
Minister: Abubakar Momoh
Drives infrastructure, environmental remediation and youth empowerment across the nine oil-producing states, coordinating with the NDDC, the Amnesty Programme and the Ogoni clean-up under HYPREP.
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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: 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.