President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sworn in Taiwo Oyedele as Nigeria’s new Minister of State for Finance at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Oyedele’s appointment follows his nomination by the president to replace Doris Uzoka-Anite, who was recently redeployed to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, marking her third portfolio since the beginning of the current administration.
Before his nomination, Oyedele served as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, where he played a significant role in the government’s efforts to restructure and modernise Nigeria’s tax system.
The 50-year-old economist, accountant, and public policy expert is from Ikaram in Akoko, Ondo State.
He holds a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy and Finance from Yaba College of Technology and later obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University.
Oyedele has also completed executive education programmes at several global institutions, including the London School of Economics, Yale University, Gordon Institute of Business Science, and the Harvard Kennedy School.
Prior to entering public service, he spent 22 years at PwC, where he joined in 2001 and rose to become Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.
Beyond his professional career, Oyedele is a professor at Babcock University in Ogun State and also serves as a visiting scholar at Lagos Business School.
