Federal Ministries of Nigeria

The Federal Ministries of Nigeria are civil service departments that are responsible for delivering various types of government service. Each ministry is headed by a Permanent Secretary who reports to a Minister in the Federal Cabinet. Some government functions are provided by "commissions" or parastatals (government-owned corporations) that may be independent or associated with a ministry.

Ministries

At times, ministries are amalgamated and at other times they are split. Thus Halima Tayo Alao was appointed Minister of Environment and Housing on 26 July 2007 by President Umaru Yar'Adua. After a cabinet reshuffle, in December 2008 Nduese Essien was appointed Minister of Environment and Hassan Muhammed Lawal was appointed Minister of Works and Housing. On 6 April 2010, Mohammed Daggash was appointed Minister of Works and Nduese Essien was appointed Minister of Lands, Housing & Urban Development. The table below lists current or past ministries.

Ministry	Notes	Website
Agriculture	Regulates agricultural research, agriculture and national resources, forestry and veterinary research	http://fmard.gov.ng/
Aviation	Regulates air travel and aviation services	http://aviation.gov.ng/
Defence	Consists of the defence services headquarters, the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Air Force, the Nigerian Navy, and other defence agencies and departments	http://www.defence.gov.ng/
Education	Directs education in Nigeria	http://www.education.gov.ng/
Energy	To promote sustainable energy development in Nigeria	https://www.energy.gov.ng
Environment	Regulates Environmental issues	http://environment.gov.ng/
Federal Capital Territory	Administers the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja)	http://fcda.gov.ng/
Finance	Manages, controls and monitors federal revenues and expenditures	http://www.finance.gov.ng
Foreign Affairs	Charged with the responsibility for the formulation, articulation, and pursuit of Nigerian foreign policy trust and objectives.	http://foreignaffairs.gov.ng/
Health	Develop and implements policies and programs and undertakes other actions to deliver health services	http://health.gov.ng/
Information and Culture	To establish and maintain a robust information dissemination mechanism that promotes our tourism potentials and enhances our cultural values.	http://fmic.gov.ng/
Interior	To render to Nigerians and foreigners alike, diverse internal security and other ancillary services that are highly qualitative, efficient, courteous and transparent.	http://www.interior.gov.ng Archived 2022-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
Justice	Brings cases before the judiciary that are initiated or assumed by the government. Headed by the Attorney General, who is also Minister of Justice	http://www.justice.gov.ng/
Labour and Productivity	Concerned with relations between workers and employees.	http://labour.gov.ng
Lands & Urban Development	Formerly part of the Ministry of Works	http://www.landsandhousing.gov.ng Archived 2019-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
Mines and Steel Development	Encourages development of the country's solid mineral resources	http://minesandsteel.gov.ng
Niger Delta	Coordinates efforts to tackle the challenges of infrastructural development, environment protection and youth empowerment in the Niger Delta	http://nigerdelta.gov.ng/
Petroleum Resources	Regulates upstream production and downstream distribution of petroleum products	http://petroleumresources.gov.ng/ Archived 2022-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
Power	Responsible for providing social amenities such as Power across the country	https://www.power.gov.ng
Science & Technology	Charts the course of Scientific and Technological development of the nation
Industry, Trade and Investment	Regulates trade and investment	http://nid.fmiti.gov.ng
Transportation	To ensure fast, safe, efficient, affordable, convenient, integrated and inter-modal transport system	http://www.transportation.gov.ng
Water Resources	Formed from Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources in April 2010.	https://waterresources.gov.ng
Women Affairs	Promotes the development of women with equal rights and corresponding responsibilities	https://www.womenaffairs.gov.ng/
Works and Housing	To facilitate the provision of adequate and affordable housing for all Nigerians	https://worksandhousing.gov.ng
Youth and Sports Development	To Formulation, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of Policies and Programmes on Youths and Sports Development towards Wealth Creation, Youth Empowerment, Physical Fitness and Well-being, Achieving Excellence in Sports, National Unity and Sustainable Development.	https://youthandsports.ng/ Archived 2022-11-05 at the Wayback Machine

Commissions

Commission	Notes	Website
Federal Civil Service	Executive body that has the authority to make appointments and transfers, and to exercise disciplinary control over all Federal Civil Servants	https://web.archive.org/web/20140512230804/http://fedcivilservice.gov.ng/
National Sports
National Planning	Responsible for formulating medium term and long-term economic and development plans for the Nation	http://www.npc.gov.ng/ Archived 2014-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
Police Affairs		http://www.policeaffairs.gov.ng/
Police Formation and Command
State House
NIDCOM	Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, provide for the engagement of Nigerians in Diaspora in the policies, projects and participation in the development of Nigeria and for the purpose of utilising the human capital and material resources of Nigerians in Diaspora towards the overall socio-economic, cultural and political development of Nigeria and for related matters.	https://nidcom.gov.ng/about-nidcom/

See also

• Cabinet of Nigeria
• Nigerian Civil Service