Tinubu Nominates Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance
ABUJA, NIGERIA (NPA), March 3, 2026 — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Mr. Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance, replacing Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, who has been reassigned to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning as Minister of State. This marks her third portfolio in the current administration.
The nomination was conveyed to the Senate in a letter from the President, according to a statement issued Tuesday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy. Oyedele, 50, is an economist, accountant, and public policy expert from Ikaram, Akoko, in Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria.
Before his nomination, he served as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms. A former PwC executive, Oyedele holds academic credentials from Yaba College of Technology, Oxford Brookes University, the London School of Economics, Yale University, the Gordon Institute of Business Science, and Harvard Kennedy School. He is currently a professor at Babcock University and a visiting scholar at Lagos Business School.
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