The Nigeria Federal Ministry of Education is one of the Federal ministries in Nigeria. The Federal Ministry of Education mission is to use education as a tool for fostering the development of all the citizens of Nigeria to their full potentials, in the promotion of a strong, democratic, egalitarian, prosperous, indivisible and indissoluble sovereign nation under God.
The Federal Ministry of Education performs the following functions:
(a) Formulation of national policy on education.
(b) Collecting and gathering of data for educational, planning and financing purposes.
(c) Maintaining of uniformity in the standards of education throughout the nation’s.
(d) Coming up with curricula and syllabuses at the national level with the contributions of other concerned bodies.
(e) Through the instrumentality of the National Council on Education, this ministry harmonize educational policies and procedures for all states in Nigeria and host of other related functions.
These Are The Pasts and Present Nigeria Ministers of Education:
1.
Aja Nwachukwu
1957 – 1964
2.
Richard Akinjide
1964 – 1966
3.
S. S. Waniko
Jan. 1966 – Jul. 1966
(Permanent Secretary)
4.
Wenike Briggs
1967 -1971
5.
A.Y. Eke
1971-1975
6.
Lt. Col. Ahmadu Ali
Aug. 1975 – 1978
7.
Dr. Garrick B. Leton
Military Officer
1978 – 1979
8.
Ihechukwu C. Madubuike
Dec. 1978 – Feb. 1982
Bilyamin Usman Hadejia
State
9.
Sylvester Ugoh
Feb. 1982 – Oct. 1983
10.
Sunday Afolabi
Oct. 1983 – Dec. 1983
11.
Yarima Ibrahim Abdullahi
1984 – Aug. 1985
12.
1985 – 1989
13.
1984 – 1992
14.
Ibrahim Imogie
1993 – Nov. 1993
15.
Alhaji Dongodaji
Jan. 1993 – Jan. 1994
16.
Jan. 1994 – Feb. 1995
17.
Alhaji Wada Nas
Jan. 1995 – Feb. 1995
18.
Alhaji Muhammed Tukur Liman
Feb. 1995 – Dec. 1997
19.
Iyabo Veronica Anisulowo
Feb. 1997 – Dec. 1997
20.
Alhaji Dauda Birma
Dec. 1997 – June 1998
Dr. Rose Nkechi Achunine
Dec. 1997 – June 1998
State
21.
Dr. Olaiya Oni
Aug. 1998 – May 1999
Alhaji Salad Saadu
State
22.
June 1999 – Jan. 2001
State
23.
Feb. 2001 – June 2003
Feb. 2001 – June 2003
State
24.
July 2003 – Feb. 2005
July 2003 – June 2005
State
25.
June 2005 – June 2006
26.
June 2006 – April 2007
2005 – 2006
State
Feb. 2006 – June 2006
State
27.
June 2006 – April 2007
July 2006 – June 2007
State
Dr. Adewumi Ibitoye
June 2006 – May 2007
State
28.
Dr. Igwe Aja Nwachukwu
June 2007 – Oct. 2008
Adewumi Ibitoye
June 2007 – Dec. 2008
State
29.
Agada Anthony Jerry
July 2007 – Oct. 2008
State
30.
Dec. 2008 – Mar. 2010
Ashiatu Jubril Dukku
July 2007 – Mar. 2010
State
31.
Professor Ruquayyah Ahmed Abdullahi
Kenneth Gbagi
State
May 2010 – Sept. 2013
32.
Professor Viola Owuliri
Oct. 2014 – May 2015
July 2011 – Oct. 2014
State
33.
Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau
July 2014 – May 2014.
34.
Adamu Adamu
2015 till date
Anthony Onwuka
2015 – 2019
State
Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba
2019 till date
State
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