President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed tax policy expert Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance, replacing Doris Uzoka-Anite, in a cabinet reshuffle announced on Tuesday.
The development was disclosed in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy.
According to the statement, Uzoka-Anite has been redeployed to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning as Minister of State, making her third portfolio in the Tinubu administration.
President Tinubu has formally transmitted Oyedele’s nomination to the Senate for confirmation in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.
Until his nomination, Oyedele chaired the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, which has led a wide-ranging overhaul of Nigeria’s tax framework.
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He hails from Ikaram in Akoko, Ondo State, and is regarded as a leading voice on fiscal policy, taxation and public sector reform.
Aged 50, Oyedele is an economist, accountant, public policy specialist who holds a Higher National Diploma in accountancy and finance from Yaba College of Technology, and a Bachelor’s 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.
Oyedele spent 22 years at PwC, joining in 2001 and rising to the role of Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.
He is currently a professor at Babcock University and a visiting scholar at the Lagos Business School.
His appointment comes as the administration continues efforts to stabilise public finances and strengthen revenue mobilisation amid ongoing economic reforms.
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