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 associated with a ministry or may be independent, also headed by Permanent Secretaries.

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
Aviation	Regulates air travel and aviation services
Defence	Consists of the defence services headquarters, the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Air Force, the Nigerian Navy, and other defence agencies and departments
Education	Directs education in Nigeria	http://www.fme.gov.ng/
Energy	See Petroleum Resources and Power
Environment
Federal Capital Territory	Administers the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja)	http://fct.gov.ng/v2/
Finance	Manages, controls and monitors federal revenues and expenditures	http://www.finance.gov.ng
Foreign Affairs		http://www.mfa.gov.ng/
Health	Develop and implements policies and programs and undertakes other actions to deliver health services	http://www.fmh.gov.ng/
Information		http://fmi.gov.ng/
Interior	Conducts Nigeria's Internal Policy and International Relations, and other duties related to foreign countries and Nigerians abroad.	http://www.fmi-ng.org/aboutus.htm
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.
Lands & Urban Development	Formerly part of the Ministry of Works
Mines and Steel Development	Encourages development of the country’s solid mineral resources	http://www.mmsd.gov.ng/
Niger Delta	Coordinates efforts to tackle the challenges of infrastructural development, environment protection and youth empowerment in the Niger Delta
Petroleum Resources	Regulates upstream production and downstream distribution of petroleum products	http://www.dprnigeria.com/
Power
Science & Technology	Charts the course of Scientific and Technological development of the nation	http://www.fmst.gov.ng/index.php
Trade and Investment	Regulates trade and investment
Transportation
Tourism, Culture & National Orientation
Water Resources	Formed from Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources in April 2010.
Women Affairs	Promotes the development of women with equal rights and corresponding responsibilities
Works
Youth Development		http://www.youthdevelopment.gov.ng/index.php

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	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/
Police Affairs		http://www.policeaffairs.gov.ng/
Police Formation and Command
State House

See also

• Cabinet of Nigeria
• Nigerian Civil Service