This is a list of ministers of the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. The Federal Capital Territory was formed in 1976 from parts of former Nasarawa, Niger, and Kogi States.
The minister of the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria is the head of the Federal Capital Territory Administration and a member of the Federal Executive Council.
Political party: Name (Born-Died)PortraitTerm of OfficeCabinetMilitary Government (1976–1979)1Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun (1927–2023)August 19751979Muhammed (Federal Executive Council)
Obasanjo
(Federal Executive Council)Second Republic2John Jatau Kadiya (1936–1997)December 1979February 1982Shagari (I)3Abubakar Iro Danmusa (1935–2010)February 1982October 19834Haliru Dantoro (1938–2015)October 1983December 1983Shagari (II)Military Government (1983–1993) 5Mamman Jiya Vatsa (1940–1986)December 1983December 1985Buhari (Federal Executive Council) 6Hamza Abdullahi (1945–2019)19861989Babangida (Federal Executive Council) 7Gado Nasko (b. 1941)19891989–1993Third Republic (Interim National Government) 7Gado Nasko (b. 1941)January 199317 November 1993Shonekan (I)Military Government (1993–1999) 8Jeremiah Useni (b. 1943)19931998Abacha (Federal Executive Council) 9Mamman Kontagora (1944–2013)August 1998May 1999Abubakar (Federal Executive Council)Fourth Republic10Ibrahim Bunu (b. 1950)30 June 199930 January 2001Obasanjo (I)11Mohammed Abba Gana (b. 1943)8 February 200117 July 200312Nasir el-Rufai (b. 1960)17 July 200327 July 2007Obasanjo (II)13Aliyu Modibbo Umar (b. 1958)26 July 200729 October 2008Yar'Adua (I)14Adamu Aliero (b. 1957)17 December 200817 March 2010Jonathan (I)15Bala Mohammed (b. 1958)8 April 201028 May 2015Jonathan (II)16Mohammed Musa Bello (b. 1959)11 November 201529 May 2023Buhari (I • II)17Nyesom Wike (b. 1966)21 August 2023IncumbentTinubu (I)
See also Federal Capital Territory Administration States of Nigeria List of state governors of Nigeria
References
Chigudu Theophilus Tanko: A historical study of the emergence of FCT in Nigeria