Minister: Lateef Fagbemi
The Federal Ministry of Justice is led by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, who is the chief law officer of Nigeria. It advises the federal government on legal matters, drafts legislation, conducts federal prosecutions, and coordinates the justice sector.
It supervises the Nigerian Law Reform Commission, the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, the Public and Private Defence Department, the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering (SCUML) interface, the Asset Management Unit, and the Council of Legal Education.
Current priorities include implementation of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, prosecution of economic and financial crimes including under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2022, anti-corruption coordination with EFCC and ICPC, criminal-justice digitisation, treaty-implementation legislation, and ongoing reforms to commercial dispute resolution.
Minister: Jamila Bio Ibrahim (Minister of State: Ayodele Olawande)
Designs programmes for youth skills, employment and civic engagement, supervising the NYSC, the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre and the Nigerian Youth Investment Fund.
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.
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.
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.
Minister: Sa'idu Ahmed Alkali
Coordinates road, rail and inland waterways policy through the Nigerian Railway Corporation, the National Inland Waterways Authority, the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology and CRFFN.
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.