Ministry | Notes | Website |
Agriculture | Regulates agricultural research, agriculture and national resources, forestry and veterinary research | fmard.gov.ng/ |
Art, Culture and Creative Economy | | |
Aviation | Regulates air travel and aviation services | aviation.gov.ng/ |
Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy | | fmcide.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 | defence.gov.ng/ |
Education | Directs education in Nigeria | education.gov.ng/ |
Energy | To promote sustainable energy development in Nigeria[6] | energy.gov.ng |
Environment | Regulates environmental issues | environment.gov.ng/ |
Federal Capital Territory | Administers the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja) | fcda.gov.ng/ |
Finance | Manages, controls and monitors federal revenues and expenditures | finance.gov.ng |
Foreign Affairs | Charged with the responsibility for the formulation, articulation, and pursuit of Nigerian foreign policy trust and objectives. | foreignaffairs.gov.ng/ |
Health | Develop and implements policies and programs and undertakes other actions to deliver health services | health.gov.ng/ |
Housing and Urban Development | | fmhud.gov.ng |
Information and National Orientation | To establish and maintain a robust information dissemination mechanism that promotes our tourism potentials and enhances our cultural values. | 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. | 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 | justice.gov.ng/ |
Labour and Productivity | Concerned with relations between workers and employees. | labour.gov.ng |
Lands & Urban Development | Formerly part of the Ministry of Works | landsandhousing.gov.ng Archived 2019-05-14 at the Wayback Machine |
Mines and Steel Development | Encourages development of the country's solid mineral resources | minesandsteel.gov.ng |
Niger Delta | Coordinates efforts to tackle the challenges of infrastructural development, environment protection and youth empowerment in the Niger Delta | nigerdelta.gov.ng/ |
Petroleum Resources | Regulates upstream production and downstream distribution of petroleum products | petroleumresources.gov.ng/ Archived 2022-10-31 at the Wayback Machine |
Power | Responsible for providing social amenities such as Power across the country[7][8] | power.gov.ng |
Science & Technology | Charts the course of Scientific and Technological development of the nation | scienceandtech.gov.ng/ |
Industry, Trade and Investment | Regulates trade and investment | fmiti.gov.ng/ |
Transportation | To ensure fast, safe, efficient, affordable, convenient, integrated and inter-modal transport system | transportation.gov.ng |
Water Resources | Formed from Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources in April 2010.[9] | waterresources.gov.ng |
Women Affairs | Promotes the development of women with equal rights and corresponding responsibilities | womenaffairs.gov.ng/ |
Works | To facilitate the provision of adequate and affordable housing for all Nigerians[10][8] | fmw.gov.ng/ |
Youth Development | To Formulation, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of Policies and Programmes on Youths towards Wealth Creation, Youth Empowerment, National Unity and Sustainable Development. | fmyd.gov.ng |