List of education ministers of Nigeria

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Minister of Education
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Incumbent
Morufu Olatunji Alausa
Federal Ministry of Education
Member of Federal Cabinet
AppointerThe president

The minister of education of Nigeria is the head of the Federal Ministry of Education and a member of the Federal Executive Council.

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Political party:   NCNC    AG    NPN    NPP    APC    PDP    Military

Name

(Born-Died)

PortraitTerm of officeCabinet
First Republic
1 Aja Nwachukwu

(1918–2001)

19581965 Balewa

(I)

2 Richard Akinjide

(1930–2020)

19651966 Balewa

(II)

Military Government (1966–1979)
3 Wenike Opurum Briggs

(1918–1987)

Wenike Briggs.jpg 19661971 Gowon

(Federal Executive Council)

4 Abudu Yesufu Eke

(1923–)

October 19711975
5 Ahmadu Ali

(b. 1936)

August 19751978 Muhammed

(Federal Executive Council)

Obasanjo

(Federal Executive Council)

6 Garrick Barilee Leton

(1933–2013)

19781979Obasanjo

(Federal Executive Council)

Second Republic
7 Ihechukwu Madubuike

(b. 1944)

December 19791981

(resigned)

Shagari

(I)

8 Sylvester Ugoh

(b. 1931)

1981October 1983
9 Sunday Afolabi

(1931–2004)

October 1983December 1983Shagari

(II)

Military Government (1983–1993)
10 Yarima Ibrahim Abdullahi

(b. 1939)

January 19841985 Buhari

(Federal Executive Council)

11 Abdullahi Ibrahim

(1939–2021)

1985August 1985
12 Jibril Aminu

(b. 1939)

19851989 Babangida

(Federal Executive Council)

13 Babs Fafunwa

(1923–2010)

19901992
Third Republic (Interim National Government)
14 Ben Nwabueze

(1931–2023)

January 1993

(secretary)

17 November 1993 Shonekan

(I)

Military Government (1993–1999)
15 Iyorchia Ayu

(b. 1952)

Iyorchia Ayu 2023.jpg 26 November 19931995 Abacha

(Federal Executive Council)

16 M T Liman

(–2012)

19951997
17 Dauda Birma

(1940–2021)

December 19971998 Abubakar

(Federal Executive Council)

18 Samuel Olaiya Oni

(1941–2015)

August 1998June 1999
Fourth Republic
19 Tunde Adeniran

(b. 1945)

June 199931 January 2001Obasanjo

(I)

20 Babalola Borishade

(1946–2017)

8 February 2001May 2003
21 Fabian Osuji

(1942–2024)

July 200322 March 2005

(sacked)

Obasanjo

(II)

22 Chinwe Obaji

(b. 1951)

June 200521 June 2006

(sacked)

23 Oby Ezekwesili

(b. 1963)

Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili, 2009 World Economic Forum on Africa (cropped).png 21 June 2006April 2007
24 Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu

(1952–2015)

26 July 200717 December 2008 Yar'Adua

(I)

25 Sam Egwu

(b. 1954)

17 December 200817 March 2010 Jonathan

(I)

26 Ruqayyah Ahmed Rufa'i

(b. 1958)

Prof. Mrs. Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai (CON) Hon. Minister of Education Federal Republic of Nigeria (2010 - 2013).jpg 6 April 201011 September 2013

(sacked)

Jonathan

(II)

27 Nyesom Wike

(b. 1967)

Nyesom Wike (2015).jpg 11 September 2013

(supervising)

9 July 2014
28 Ibrahim Shekarau

(b. 1955)

9 July 2014November 2015
29 Adamu Adamu

(b. 1954)

Adam-Adamu.jpg 11 November 201529 May 2023Buhari

(III)

35 Tahir Mamman

(b. 1954)

Tahir Mamman - 2023 (cropped).jpg 21 August 202323 October 2024 Tinubu

(I)

36 Tunji Alausa 23 October 2024IncumbentTinubu

Ministers of State for Education

The following people acted as Ministers of State for Education: [1]

See also

References

  1. Jason (16 August 2011). "How bad politics killed our education". Vanguard (Nigeria) . Retrieved 4 July 2012.