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.
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Police Affairs
Minister: Ibrahim Geidam
Mandate
The Federal Ministry of Police Affairs provides civilian policy oversight for the Nigeria Police Force, coordinates welfare and reform initiatives, and manages the federal interface with state and community policing structures.
It works alongside the Nigeria Police Force, the Police Service Commission (which handles appointments and discipline), the Nigeria Police Trust Fund, the Police Pensions Office, and the Nigerian Police Academy in Wudil. It also coordinates with the Office of the Inspector-General of Police on operational priorities.
Strategic priorities include implementation of the Police Act 2020, expansion of the Police Trust Fund's equipment and welfare programmes, recruitment and re-training of officers, the rollout of the Nigerian Police community-policing initiative, accelerated digitisation of crime records, and dialogue with state governments on the constitutional question of state police.
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Minister: Tunji Alausa (Minister of State: Yusuf Sununu)
Sets policy for basic, secondary, technical and tertiary education, supervising UBEC, the NUC, NBTE, JAMB, WAEC, NECO, TETFund and the new student-loan scheme through NELFUND.
Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy
Minister: Bosun Tijani
Oversees telecoms, broadband, digital identity and innovation policy through the NCC, NITDA, NIMC, Galaxy Backbone and NIPOST, anchoring Nigeria's role in the global digital economy.
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.
Agriculture and Food Security
Minister: Abubakar Kyari (Minister of State: Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi)
Sets national policy for crops, livestock, agribusiness and food security, supervising NALDA, the Seeds Council and the Agricultural Research Council across Nigeria's six geopolitical zones.
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.