Sports Development
Minister: John Enoh
Promotes grassroots and elite sport, supervising the National Sports Commission, the National Institute for Sports and federal stadiums, and supporting national federations such as the NFF.
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Interior
Minister: Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo
Mandate
The Federal Ministry of Interior provides policy direction for paramilitary services and citizenship matters, including immigration, civil defence, fire response, prisons or corrections, and marriages and naturalisation.
It supervises the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Federal Fire Service, and the Citizenship and Business Department which handles marriage registry and expatriate quota administration.
Strategic priorities include the Expatriate Administration System and Expatriate Employment Levy framework, modernised passport issuance and contactless renewal, the Correctional Service decongestion and rehabilitation programme, the Marriage Registry digitisation, expanded fire-service capacity in state capitals, and reform of the visa-on-arrival regime to improve investor mobility.
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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.
Information and National Orientation
Minister: Mohammed Idris Malagi
Manages government communications, public enlightenment and national values through NOA, NTA, FRCN, the News Agency of Nigeria, the NBC and the Nigerian Press Council.
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.
Foreign Affairs
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.
Finance
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.