Ministry of Livestock Development is the newest ministry in Nigeria following approval by President Bola Tinubu, bringing the number of federal Ministries to 36.
The government says the new ministry was created to address the recurring clashes between herders and farmers. This was announced during the inauguration of the Presidential Committee on Livestock Reforms at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday, July 9, 2024.
Below is the full list of ministries of the Nigeria’s government:
1. Agriculture
2. Art, Culture & the Creative Economy
3. Aviation & Aerospace Development
4. Budget & Economic Planning
5. Communications, Innovation & Digital Economy
6. Defence
7. Education
8. Environment
9. FCT Administration
10. Finance
11. Foreign Affairs
12. Health & Social Welfare
13. Housing and Urban Development
14. Humanitarian Affairs & Poverty Alleviation
15. Industry, Trade & Investment
16. Information & National Orientation
17. Innovation, Science & Technology
18. Interior
19. Justice
20. Labour & Employment
21. Marine & Blue Economy
22. Niger Delta Development
23. Petroleum Resources
24. Police Affairs
25. Power
26. Solid Minerals Development
27. Special Duties & Inter-governmental Affairs
28. Sports Development
29. Steel Development
30. Tourism
31. Transportation
32. Water Resources & Sanitation
33. Women Affairs
34. Works
35. Youth, and
36. Ministry of Livestock Development
The new ministry was carved out of the Ministry of Agriculture.
A slap on Oronsaye Report
The new ministry raises questions about the political will to implement the Oronsaye Report, which recommended among other things reduction, merger, and scrapping of some federal agencies as one of the measures to cut the cost of governance.
On February 26, 2024, President Tinubu called for the full implementation of the Oronsaye report and on February 29, 2024, the House of Representatives constituted a 23-man panel to study the restructuring of some of the agencies of the government.