Minister: Jamila Bio Ibrahim (Minister of State: Ayodele Olawande)
The Federal Ministry of Youth Development designs programmes for youth skills, employment, entrepreneurship, leadership, and civic engagement, recognising that more than 60 percent of Nigerians are under the age of 25.
It supervises the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre, the National Centre for Women Development interface on young women's programmes, the Nigerian Youth Investment Fund (NYIF), and the National Youth Council of Nigeria.
Strategic priorities include the Renewed Hope Nigeria Youth Academy for digital and vocational skills, expansion of the Nigerian Youth Investment Fund for MSME finance, the National Youth Policy 2024–2028, NYSC reforms including a green-camp initiative and direct-deployment improvements, and youth participation in governance through the Not-Too-Young-To-Run framework.
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.
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.
Minister: Muhammad Ali Pate (Minister of State: Iziaq Adekunle Salako)
Oversees public health, hospitals and drug regulation through NPHCDA, NCDC, NAFDAC, NHIA and NACA, anchoring the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative.
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: 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.
Minister: Doris Uzoka-Anite
Promotes industrialisation, trade and investment through NIPC, NEPC, NEXIM, SON, FCCPC, the Corporate Affairs Commission and the Bank of Industry, including AfCFTA implementation.