President Bola Tinubu has nominated Mr Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance, replacing Dr Doris Anite-Uzoka.
This was disclosed in a statement issued today by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy,Bayo Onanuga.
The President also redeployed Anite-Uzoka to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning as Minister of State, marking her third ministerial portfolio in the current administration.
In a letter addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Tinubu formally conveyed Oyedele’s nomination for Senate confirmation.
Until his nomination, Oyedele served as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, where he spearheaded a comprehensive overhaul of Nigeria’s tax system.
A native of Ikaram in Akoko, Ondo State, Oyedele, 50, is an economist, accountant, and public policy expert with over two decades of professional experience.
He holds a Higher National Diploma (HND) 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 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, joining the firm in 2001 and rising to become Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.
He currently serves as a professor at Babcock University and as a visiting scholar at the Lagos Business School.
If confirmed by the Senate, Oyedele will assume responsibility as Minister of State for Finance as the Tinubu administration continues efforts to strengthen fiscal reforms and economic management.
*PHOTO CAPTION: Tinubu and Oyedele (left).
