By Our Reporter
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Mr Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance, subject to confirmation by the Senate.
The President conveyed the nomination in a letter to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, formally seeking legislative approval for the appointment.
Oyedele’s nomination comes with a cabinet reshuffle that will see Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite redeployed to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning as Minister of State, marking her third ministerial portfolio in the current administration.
Until his nomination, Oyedele, an indigene of Ikaram in Akoko, Ondo State, served as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, where he led sweeping reforms aimed at overhauling Nigeria’s tax system and strengthening fiscal governance.
At 50, Oyedele is widely regarded as a leading voice in fiscal policy and taxation.
An economist, accountant and public policy expert, he began his academic journey at Yaba College of Technology, earning a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy and Finance.
He subsequently obtained 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, the Gordon Institute of Business Science and the Harvard Kennedy School, further consolidating his credentials in economic management and public sector reform.
Oyedele spent 22 years at PwC, joining the global professional services firm in 2001 and rising to the position of Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.
His tenure at the firm was marked by advisory roles on tax policy, regulatory frameworks and fiscal sustainability across multiple African jurisdictions.
In addition to his professional career, Oyedele is a professor at Babcock University in Ogun State and serves as a visiting scholar at the Lagos Business School, reflecting his continued engagement in academic and policy discourse.
If confirmed by the Senate, Oyedele is expected to play a central role in deepening fiscal reforms and supporting the administration’s broader economic stabilisation and revenue mobilisation agenda.
