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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Women Affairs
Minister: Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim
Mandate
The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs advances gender equality, women's empowerment, protection from violence, and programmes for girls' education and economic participation across Nigeria.
It supervises the National Centre for Women Development, the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) interface, the National Council for Child Rights Implementation, and gender desks across MDAs. It also coordinates Nigeria's reporting under CEDAW and the Maputo Protocol.
Strategic priorities include the Nigeria for Women Project (NFWP-Scale Up) with the World Bank, full domestication of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act and the Child Rights Act in remaining states, expansion of the Sexual Assault Referral Centres, the National Gender Policy implementation framework, support for women's entrepreneurship, and tackling out-of-school numbers for girls in northern Nigeria.
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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.
Housing and Urban Development
Minister: Ahmed Musa Dangiwa (Minister of State: Abdullahi Tijjani Gwarzo)
Drives national housing policy, urban renewal and mortgage finance through the Federal Mortgage Bank, the Federal Housing Authority and the Renewed Hope Cities programme.
Works
Minister: Dave Umahi
Plans and maintains federal highways and bridges through FERMA and the federal highway zones, with major projects including the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and the Sokoto-Badagry Super Highway.
Power
Minister: Adebayo Adelabu
Drives generation, transmission, distribution and electrification policy through TCN, NERC, the Rural Electrification Agency and the Electricity Act 2023 enabling state electricity markets.
Environment
Minister: Balarabe Abbas Lawal (Minister of State: Iziaq Adekunle Salako)
Leads policy on environmental protection, climate response and biodiversity through NESREA, NOSDRA, HYPREP, the National Park Service and Nigeria's Climate Change Department.