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.
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Solid Minerals Development
Minister: Dele Alake
Mandate
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.
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View allInnovation, Science and Technology
Minister: Uche Nnaji
Funds R&D and supervises the science agencies — NASENI, NASRDA, RMRDC, the Sheda Science Complex and the National Biotechnology Agency — to drive innovation-led growth.
Federal Capital Territory
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.
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.
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.
Tourism
Minister: Lola Ade-John
Promotes Nigeria as a destination, supports the hospitality sector and sets standards through the Nigerian Tourism Development Authority and the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism.