Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy
{{short description|Federal ministry of the Federal Republic of Nigeria}}
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| formed = {{start date and age|df=yes|1951||}}
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| jurisdiction = {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Federal Republic of Nigeria
| budget = ₦29.13 billion (2024){{Cite web |date=2024-01-23 |title=2024 APPROPRIATION ACT |url=https://www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/index.php/2024-appropriation-act |page=323 |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Budget Office of the Federation |language=en-gb}}
| minister1_name = Bosun Tijani
| chief1_name = Faruk Yusuf Yabo
| chief1_position = Permanent Secretary
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| website = [https://fmcide.gov.ng fmcide.gov.ng]
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The Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy in Nigeria is a government ministry responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and regulation of policies related to communications, innovation, and digital economy sectors within the country.
The current minister is Dr Bosun Tijani.{{Cite web |last=Yedder |first=Omar Ben |date=2024-02-01 |title=Bosun Tijani: Nigeria's tech sage turned minister on AI, innovation, and the role of government |url=https://african.business/2024/02/technology-information/bosun-tijani-nigerias-tech-sage-turned-minister-on-ai-innovation-and-the-role-of-government |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=African Business |language=en-GB}}
Structure
= Agencies =
= Departments =
- Information and Communication Technology
- National Frequency Management Council
- Human Resource Management
- Planning, Research and Statistics
- Spectrum Management
- Procurement
- E-Government
- Telecommunications and Postal Service
- Finance and Account
- General Services
- Reform Coordination
- Radio Monitoring and Survey
= Units =
- Anti-Corruption and Transparency
- Press and Public Relations
- Legal
- Internal Audit
- SERVICOM
List of Federal Ministers
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" |Name (Born-Died) !Portrait ! colspan="2" |Term of Office !Cabinet |
| colspan="6" |Colonial Nigeria |
|---|
| 1
(1906–1976) |File:Chief_Arthur_Prest_in_London.jpg |1952 |1955 | rowspan="3" |Macpherson |
| 2
(1915–1990) |File:Nigerian_Public_Domain_335.jpg |1955 |1957 |
| 3
(1910–1966) | |1957 |1959 |
| colspan="6" |First Republic |
| 4
| |1 October 1960 |1964 (I) |
| 5
(1915–1977) | |1964 |Balewa (II) |
| colspan="6" |Military Government (1966–1979) |
| 6
(1920–1983) |File:Nigerian_Public_Domain_208.jpg |12 June 1967 |13 January 1972 | rowspan="3" |Gowon (Federal Executive Council) |
| 7
(1932–1980) |13 January 1972 |1 August 1974 |
| 8
(1938–1976) |File:Nigerian_Public_Domain_131.jpg |7 August 1974 |
| 9
(1922–2006) | |August 1975 |1977 |Muhammed (Federal Executive Council) |
| 10
(b. 1938) | |24 July 1978 |1979 (Federal Executive Council) |
| colspan="6" |Second Republic |
| 11
(1930–2006) | |December 1979 |1981 | rowspan="3" |Shagari (I) |
| 12
(b. 1935) | |1981 |February 1982 |
| 13
(b. 1947) |February 1982 |October 1983 |
| 14
(b. 1938) | |October 1983 |Shagari (II) |
| colspan="6" |Military Government (1983–1993) |
| 15
(b. 1945) | |January 1984 (Federal Executive Council) |
| 16
(b. 1945) | |August 1985 |23 December 1987 | rowspan="3" |Babangida (Federal Executive Council) |
| 17
(b. 1948) |January 1988 |June 1990 |
| 18
(1938–2022) | |June 1990 |January 1993 |
| colspan="6" |Third Republic (Interim National Government) |
| 19
(b. 1944) | |August 1993 (I) |
| colspan="6" |Military Government (1993–1999) |
| 20
(1940–2010) | |25 November 1993 |March 1995 | rowspan="2" |Abacha (Federal Executive Council) |
| 21
(b. 1946) | |March 1995 |December 1997 |
| 22
(1947–2014) | |December 1997 |August 1998 |Abacha (Federal Executive Council) |
| 23
(1943) | |August 1998 |1999 (Federal Executive Council) |
| colspan="6" |Fourth Republic |
| 24
(1943–2015) | |June 1999 |12 June 2001 | rowspan="2" |Obasanjo (I) |
| 25
(b. 1945) | |June 2001 |May 2003 |
| 26
(b. 1941) | |July 2003 |August 2006 | rowspan="3" |Obasanjo (II) |
| 27
(b. 1944) | |September 2006 |January 2007 |
| 28
(b. 1965) |January 2007 |May 2007 |
| 29
(1959–2018) | |26 July 2007 |17 December 2008 (I) |
| 30
(1954–2014) |File:Prof._Dora_Akunyili_(Hon._Minister_of_Information_Communication_2008_-_2010).jpg |17 December 2008 |15 December 2010 (resigned) | rowspan="2" |Jonathan (I) |
| 31
(b. 1962) | |15 December 2010 |May 2011 |
| 32
(b. 1965) |File:Omobola_Johnson_ECommerce_Week_of_UNCTAD.jpg |24 July 2011 |November 2015 |Jonathan (II) |
| 33
(b. 1953) |File:Abdur-Raheem_Adebayo_Shittu_-_ITU_Telecom_World_2016_-_Ministerial_Roundtable_(22818514728).jpg |11 November 2015 |28 May 2019 (I) |
| 34
(b. 1972) |21 August 2019 |29 May 2023 |Buhari (II) |
| 35
(b. 1977) |File:UK_Government_hosts_AI_Summit_at_Bletchley_Park_(53302825393).jpg |21 August 2023 |Incumbent (I) |
