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According to the Nigerian Constitution, there must be at least one Cabinet member from each of the 36 states in Nigeria, although there are only 28 ministries and at times the President takes direct control of a key ministry such as Petroleum Resources. To ensure representation from each state, a
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The ministries and parastatals are staffed by career civil servants. Each is headed by a Permanent Secretary, a senior civil servant appointed by the Head of the Civil Service. The Permanent Secretary is accountable to a Minister, who sits in the Cabinet and reports to the
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The heads of the executive departments and most other senior federal officers at cabinet or sub-cabinet level receive their salary under a fixed pay plan as reviewed by the
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the only qualification for one to be appointed as Minister is that the person must be “qualified for election into the
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and is responsible for policy, also while the Permanent Secretary is responsible for implementation of policy.
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The heads of the executive ministries are nominated by the President and then presented to the
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gives the Senate 21 days to complete the screening for confirmation or rejection by a
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Minister is often assisted by one or more Ministers of State.
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Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission
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Index

Federal Executive Council (Nigeria)
Politics of Nigeria

Constitution
Human rights
President
list
Bola Tinubu
Vice President
Kashim Shettima
Cabinet
Federal Parastatals
Legislature
National Assembly of Nigeria
Senate
President
Godswill Akpabio
APC
Deputy President
Barau Jibrin
(List of members of the Senate)
House of Representatives
Speaker
Tajudeen Abbas
Benjamin Kalu
List of members of the House
Abia
Adamawa
Akwa Ibom
Anambra

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