President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance, replacing Dr Doris Anite-Uzoka.
The appointment was announced in a statement issued on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
In a letter to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Tinubu formally requested the Senate to screen and confirm Oyedele.
Anite-Uzoka has been redeployed to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning as Minister of State — her third ministerial portfolio in the current administration.
Until his nomination, Oyedele served as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, where he led a comprehensive review and overhaul of Nigeria’s tax system.
A native of Ikaram in Akoko, Ondo State, the 50-year-old is an economist, accountant, and public policy expert with over two decades of experience.
He holds a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy and Finance from Yaba College of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University.
Oyedele has completed executive education programmes at the London School of Economics, Yale University, Gordon Institute of Business Science, and Harvard Kennedy School.
He spent 22 years at PwC, rising to Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.
He currently serves as a professor at Babcock University and a visiting scholar at Lagos Business School.
If confirmed by the Senate, Oyedele will support fiscal reforms and economic management under the Tinubu administration.
