Minister: Dele Alake
The Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development regulates the mining sector, licenses mineral exploration and exploitation, conducts geological surveys, and grows non-oil mineral resources for export and local industry.
It supervises the Mining Cadastre Office, the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency, the Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences in Jos, the Solid Minerals Development Fund, the Mines Inspectorate Department, and the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Department.
Strategic priorities include formalisation of artisanal miners through cooperatives, the Nigerian Solid Minerals Corporation as a state-backed investment vehicle, value-addition policies that require domestic processing of strategic minerals such as lithium and rare earths, attracting private capital under a revised mining royalty regime, and a renewed crackdown on illegal mining and mineral smuggling.
Minister: Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Ministers of State — Oil: Heineken Lokpobiri; Gas: Ekperikpe Ekpo)
Sets policy for the upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas value chain, with the President as substantive Minister and separate Ministers of State for Oil and Gas, supervising NUPRC, NMDPRA and NNPC Ltd.
Minister: Mohammed Badaru Abubakar (Minister of State: Bello Matawalle)
Directs national defence policy and oversees the Nigerian Army, Navy and Air Force, working with the service chiefs, DICON and the Defence Intelligence Agency on national security.
Minister: Gboyega Oyetola
Created in 2023 to develop policy for ports, shipping, fisheries and coastal resources through the Nigerian Ports Authority, NIMASA, the Shippers' Council and the Maritime Academy in Oron.
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: 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.
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.