Tinubu Nominates Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Mr Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance, replacing Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, in a fresh cabinet reshuffle announced on Tuesday.

The development was disclosed in a State House press release issued on March 3, 2026, by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.

According to the statement, President Tinubu has formally transmitted Oyedele’s nomination to the Senate for confirmation in a letter addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio.

Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, who previously served as Minister of State for Finance, has been reassigned to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning as Minister of State. The presidency noted that the redeployment marks her third ministerial portfolio under the current administration.

Until his nomination, Oyedele served as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, a committee credited with overhauling Nigeria’s tax system. The presidency described him as an economist, accountant, and public policy expert.

Oyedele, 50, hails from Ikaram in Akoko, Ondo State. He obtained a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy and Finance from Yaba College of Technology and later earned a BSc 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.

Professionally, Oyedele spent 22 years at PwC, where he joined in 2001 and rose to become Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader. In addition to his policy and private sector experience, he is a professor at Babcock University in Ogun State and serves as a visiting scholar at the Lagos Business School.

The nomination now awaits Senate screening and confirmation.