President Bola Tinubu has nominated Mr. Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance to replace Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite.

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

The nomination was conveyed to the Senate on Tuesday in a letter addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, according to a statement issued in Abuja by the Presidential Spokesperson, Mr. Bayo Onanuga.

Until his nomination, Oyedele served as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, which spearheaded significant reforms aimed at overhauling Nigeria’s tax system.

Oyedele, 50, hails from Ikaram, Akoko, in Ondo State. He holds a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy and Finance from Yaba College of Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University.

He has 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, rising to become Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader. He is also a professor at Babcock University, Ogun State, and a visiting scholar at the Lagos Business School.