President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Taiwo Oyedele as the new Minister of State for Finance at the State House in Abuja.
Oyedele’s appointment follows a recent cabinet adjustment in which the former Minister of State for Finance, Doris Uzoka-Anite, was redeployed to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning.
The brief ceremony held on Monday formally admitted Oyedele into the Executive Council of the Federation where he is expected to support the administration’s fiscal management and economic reform agenda.
Until his nomination, Oyedele served as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms set up by President Tinubu to overhaul Nigeria’s tax administration and fiscal policy framework.
The committee was credited with developing proposals aimed at simplifying the tax system, improving compliance and expanding government revenue.
A native of Ikaram in Akoko area of Ondo State, the economist and public policy expert brings decades of experience in finance, taxation and economic policy.
Before entering public service, Oyedele spent 22 years with global professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he rose to become Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.
He also serves in academia as a professor at Babcock University in Ogun State and a visiting scholar at Lagos Business School.
His appointment is expected to reinforce the administration’s efforts to deepen fiscal reforms and strengthen Nigeria’s economic governance framework.
(Editor: Anoyoyo Ogiagboviogie)
