President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Mr. Taiwo Oyedele as the new Minister of State for Finance, replacing Dr. Doris Anite-Uzoka.
The development was disclosed on Tuesday in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, the president’s special adviser on information and strategy.
In a related move, Tinubu redeployed Anite-Uzoka to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning as Minister of State, marking her third ministerial assignment under the current administration.
In a letter addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, the president formally transmitted Oyedele’s nomination for confirmation by the Senate.
Before his nomination, Oyedele served as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, where he led efforts to overhaul Nigeria’s tax framework.
A native of Ikaram in Akoko, Ondo State, the 50-year-old economist and accountant has more than two decades of professional experience in public policy and finance.
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.
Oyedele has also completed executive education programs at the London School of Economics, Yale University, the Gordon Institute of Business Science, and the Harvard Kennedy School.
He spent 22 years at PwC, joining the firm in 2001 and rising to the positions of Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.
Oyedele is currently a professor at Babcock University and also serves as a visiting scholar at Lagos Business School.
If confirmed by the Senate, he will assume office as Minister of State for Finance as the administration intensifies efforts to advance fiscal reforms and strengthen economic management.
