AWC Statehouse Desk
Abuja — March 3, 2026
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Mr Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance, replacing Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite.
The President has formally conveyed Oyedele’s nomination to the Senate for confirmation in a letter addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
Dr Uzoka-Anite will now move to the Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning as Minister of State, marking her third portfolio in the current administration.
Profile of the Nominee
Until his nomination, Oyedele served as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, where he led efforts to overhaul Nigeria’s tax system under the administration’s reform agenda.
Oyedele, 50, hails from Ikaram, Akoko, in Ondo State. He 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. He 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 the firm in 2001 and rising to become Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.
In addition to his professional career, he is a professor at Babcock University and a visiting scholar at the Lagos Business School.
Strengthening Fiscal Management
The nomination is widely seen as part of efforts to strengthen fiscal management, revenue mobilisation, and economic reform implementation within the Ministry of Finance.
If confirmed by the Senate, Oyedele is expected to play a key role in consolidating ongoing fiscal reforms and advancing the administration’s economic transformation agenda.
