President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Mr. Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance, replacing Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite.
The President has also redeployed Uzoka-Anite to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning as Minister of State, marking her third portfolio within the current administration.
According to a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, President Tinubu has formally conveyed Oyedele’s nomination to the Senate for confirmation in a letter addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
Until his nomination, Oyedele, a native of Ikaram in Akoko, Ondo State, served as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, where he spearheaded significant reforms that overhauled Nigeria’s tax system.
Oyedele, 50, is an economist, accountant, and public policy expert. He holds a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy and Finance from Yaba College of Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University.
He has also completed executive education programmes at the London School of Economics, Yale University, Gordon Institute of Business Science, and the Harvard Kennedy School.
Oyedele spent 22 years at PwC, where he joined in 2001 and rose to become Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.
In addition to his policy and private sector experience, he is a professor at Babcock University and a visiting scholar at the Lagos Business School.
The nomination is subject to confirmation by the Senate.
