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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Niger Delta Development
Minister: Abubakar Momoh
Mandate
The Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development is responsible for development interventions, infrastructure, environmental remediation, and youth empowerment across the nine oil-producing states of the Niger Delta region.
It provides supervisory coordination over the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the Presidential Amnesty Programme for ex-militants, the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) interface for the Ogoni clean-up, and the East-West Road project under the Ministry of Works.
Strategic priorities include completion of the East-West Road, accelerated Ogoni clean-up, skills and entrepreneurship support for Niger Delta youth under the reformed Amnesty Programme, electrification through the regional power initiative, environmental restoration in oil-impacted communities, and transparent disbursement of the 13 percent derivation principle envisaged by the Constitution.
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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.
Transportation
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.
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.
Aviation and Aerospace Development
Minister: Festus Keyamo
Regulates Nigerian civil aviation, airport infrastructure and air safety through the NCAA, FAAN, NAMA, NiMet and the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology in Zaria.
Solid Minerals Development
Minister: Dele Alake
Regulates mining, licensing and geological surveys through the Mining Cadastre Office, the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency, the Solid Minerals Development Fund and the Mines Inspectorate Department.