Departments and units

Human Resource Management (HRM)

Sets and runs the policies on how the ministry recruits, pays, trains and looks after its staff, and applies the Federal Government's civil service rules to the ministry and its agencies.

Director: Mr Mark Ochala

Planning, Research and Policy Analysis (PRPA)

Plans, coordinates, monitors and evaluates the ministry's programmes, across the work of every department.

Director: Mr Temitope Moses Fatogun

Finance and Accounts (F&A)

Manages the ministry's budget, payments, payroll and accounts, and answers audit queries.

Director: Mr Umar Mikailu

Chemical Technology (CT)

Develops policy on chemicals and materials technology, and coordinates research and development in them across Nigeria.

Director: Mrs Stella Igwilo

Technology Acquisition and Adaptation (TAA)

Bridges the gap between research and industry: it helps turn research results into businesses, through technology incubation, pilot ventures with private investors, and the acquisition and adaptation of technologies.

Director: Mr Anpe F. Michael

Procurement

Plans and carries out the procurement for all the ministry's projects and programmes, under the Public Procurement Act 2007.

Director: Mrs Ramota Bamidele Baba-Ahmed

Renewable and Conventional Energy Technology (RCET)

Promotes and coordinates research and development for better generation, transmission, distribution and use of energy, in ways that protect the environment.

Director: Mr Adamu A. Suleiman, overseeing director

Science and Technology Promotion (STP)

Director: Mr Agoro Olayiwola. The ministry's site has no page for this yet.

Bioresources Technology (BRT)

Responsible for developing and sustainably managing Nigeria's biological resources.

Director: Mrs Eunice Orekha

Environmental Science and Technology (EST)

Director: Mrs Bernadette Ogwuche. The ministry's site has no page for this yet.

Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Sets, carries out and monitors policy for information and communication technology in science and technology, and runs the ministry's own computers, networks and websites.

Director: Mr Alex Joseph Gwaske

Health and Biomedical Sciences (HBS)

Develops policy on health and biomedical technologies, and promotes inventions that meet local needs.

Director: Mr Adeyemi Adebayo

General Services (GS)

Maintains and services all the ministry's movable and immovable assets, so the offices work and staff are looked after.

Director: Mr Francis Uzoma Oguike

Special Duties (SD)

Supports the Permanent Secretary in managing the ministry and its agencies, and runs three units that used to report to the Permanent Secretary directly.

Director: Mr Kanu Paul Obilo

Reform Coordination and Service Improvement (RCSI)

Leads reform and service improvement in the ministry, and runs SERVICOM, the federal service charter programme, in the ministry and its agencies.

Director: Mr Solomon S.J. Waziri

Press and Public Relations

Head: Mrs Pauline Sule. The ministry's site has no page for this yet.

Legal

The ministry's site has no page for this yet.

Internal Audit

Director: Mr Aminu Aliyu. The ministry's site has no page for this yet.