Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Nigeria)

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
MinForeignAffairs.jpg
Headquarters of the ministry
Agency overview
FormedSeptember 1957;66 years ago (1957-09)
TypeCabinet-level executive department
Jurisdiction Government of Nigeria
HeadquartersTafawa Balewa House, Central Business District, Abuja
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Adamu Ibrahim Lamuwa, Permanent Secretary
Parent agency Federal Executive Council
Child agency
Website foreignaffairs.gov.ng

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria is a statutory body created to reinforce foreign decision making and implementation processes in Nigeria [1] and handle the external promotion of Nigeria's domestic vision and ideals; it is headed by a federal executive cabinet minister. As of late its mission has geared towards increasing awareness about Nigeria's economic potential. It is part of the government's executive branch.

Contents

History

The ministry was created in 1961, with Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa appointing Jaja Wachuku the inaugural Minister of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations. Before Wachuku’s tenure, Balewa had doubled as Foreign Affairs advocate of Nigeria, from 1960 to 1961. [2]

Structure

Departments

Parastatals

List of ministers

List of Ministers
ImageMinisterTenureCitation
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations
Jaja Wachuku at UN New York USA.jpg Jaja Wachuku 1961–1965
Minister of External Affairs
Nuhu Bamalli 1965–1966
Federal Commissioner for External Affairs
Mr.Richard kasesela with former Nigerian President Yakubu Gowon during the Friends of Global fund Africa meeting in Kigali (cropped).jpg Yakubu Gowon 1966–1967
Okoi Arikpo (1969).jpg Arikpo Okoi 1967–1975
Joseph Nanven Garba 2.jpg Joseph Nanven Garba 1975–1978
Henry Adefope.jpg Henry Adefope 1978–1979
Minister of External Affairs
Ishaya Audu 1979–1983
Emeka Anyaoku 1983
Ibrahim Gambari, UNDP-USA-159HR-09 crop.jpg Ibrahim Gambari 1984–1985
Bolaji Akinyemi 1985–1987
Ike Nwachukwu 1987–1989
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Rilwan Lukman 1989–1990
Ike Nwachukwu 1990–1993
Matthew Mbu (1963).jpg Matthew Mbu 1993
Kingibe.jpg Babagana Kingibe 1993–1995
Ikimiadressing united nation.png Tom Ikimi 1995–1998
Ignatius Olisemeka 1998–1999
Sule Lamido 1999–2003
Colin Powell with Oluyemi Adeniji, September 2003 (cropped).jpg Oluyemi Adeniji 2003–2006
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes over as new WTO Director-General, 1 March 2021 (50993534756) (cropped).jpg Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala 2006
Joy Ogwu 2006–2007
Ojo Maduekwe cropped.jpg Ojo Maduekwe 2007–2010
Martin Uhomoibhi, Permanent Secretary in Ecuador.jpg Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi
(Supervising)
2010
Henry Odein Ajumogobia and Clinton 2010 - crop.jpg Henry Odein Ajumogobia 2010–2011
Olugbenga Ashiru 2013.jpg Olugbenga Ashiru 2011–2013
Viola Onwuliri crop.jpg Viola Onwuliri
(Supervising)
2013–2014
Aminu Bashir Wali 2014–2015 [3]
H. E. Geoffrey Onyeama, HMFA.jpg Geoffrey Onyeama 2015–2023 [4]
I miss you - Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Pressekonference-2827.jpg Yusuf Tuggar 2023–present [5]

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References

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  3. New Foreign minister Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
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