Innovation, 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.
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Water Resources and Sanitation
Minister: Joseph Utsev (Minister of State: Bello Muhammad Goronyo)
Mandate
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation manages dams, river basins, irrigation, national water-supply policy, hydropower at the dam interface, and sanitation programmes linked to public health and the Sustainable Development Goals.
It supervises the twelve River Basin Development Authorities, the National Water Resources Institute in Kaduna, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, the Nigeria Integrated Water Resources Management Commission, and the Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet campaign to end open defecation.
Current priorities include the Partnership for Expanded Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (PEWASH) with states; completion of dam projects such as Kashimbila, Dasin Hausa and Mambilla; expansion of irrigation under the Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria (TRIMING) project; flood-risk early warning; and the National Action Plan for the Revitalisation of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Sector.
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Minister: Abubakar Momoh
Drives infrastructure, environmental remediation and youth empowerment across the nine oil-producing states, coordinating with the NDDC, the Amnesty Programme and the Ogoni clean-up under HYPREP.
Women Affairs
Minister: Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim
Advances gender equality, women's empowerment and protection from violence through the National Centre for Women Development, gender desks across MDAs and Sexual Assault Referral Centres.
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.
Interior
Minister: Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo
Provides policy direction for the Immigration Service, Correctional Service, NSCDC, the Federal Fire Service and the Citizenship and Business Department, including marriage and naturalisation.
Petroleum Resources
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.