The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Nigeria is one of the strategic Ministries of Government saddled with the responsibility of facilitating the development and deployment of Science, Technology and Innovation to enhance the pace of socio-economic development of the country. It is headed by a Minister, Dr Christopher OgbonnayaOnu that is appointed by the President and a career civil servant as the Permanent Secretary, Dr M. B. Umar.

The Ministry has Seventeen (17) Agencies that are being supervised, namely;

1. National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI)
2. Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN)
3. The Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technology (NISLT)
4. Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis and Onchocerciasis (NITR)
5. National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA)
6. National Centre For Technology Management (NACETEM)
7. National Office For Technology Acquisition And Promotion (NOTAP)
8. Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA)
9. National Space Research & Development Agency (NARSDA)
10. Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), Abuja
11. Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBBRI)
12. National Institute of Leather Science and Technology (NILEST), Zaria
13. National Research Institute for Chemical Technology (NARICT), Zaria
14. Sheda Science and Technology Complex (SHESTCO), Abuja
15. Project Development Institute (PRODA), Enugu
16. Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO)
17. National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Abuja