Tinubu appoints tax reforms chief Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated renowned fiscal policy expert Taiwo Oyedele as the new Minister of State for Finance, replacing Doris Uzoka-Anite in a fresh cabinet reshuffle.

Uzoka-Anite has been redeployed to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning as Minister of State — marking her third portfolio under the Tinubu administration.

The President’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed in a statement on Tuesday that Tinubu has formally transmitted Oyedele’s nomination to the Senate for confirmation in a letter addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio.

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 spearheaded sweeping reforms aimed at restructuring Nigeria’s tax system.

A respected economist, accountant, and public policy expert, the 50-year-old technocrat holds a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy and Finance from Yaba College of Technology and a BSc 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.

Oyedele spent 22 years at PwC after joining the firm in 2001, rising to become Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader. He is currently a professor at Babcock University, Ogun State, and a visiting scholar at the Lagos Business School.

His nomination is expected to strengthen the administration’s fiscal reform drive as the government pushes ahead with economic restructuring efforts.