President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a minor cabinet reshuffle, nominating Mr Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance and redeploying Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning.
The nomination, conveyed to the Senate for confirmation, was contained in a letter addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, according to a State House press release signed by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
Uzoka-Anite Redeployed
Under the new arrangement, Dr Uzoka-Anite will serve as Minister of State in the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, marking her third portfolio in the current administration. She previously served in the Ministry of Finance before the latest redeployment.
The reshuffle is seen as part of efforts by the President to strengthen fiscal management and policy coordination within key economic ministries.
Oyedele’s Background
Until his nomination, Oyedele chaired the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, a body credited with overhauling Nigeria’s tax system.
A native of Ikaram, Akoko in Ondo State, the 50-year-old economist and public policy expert brings over two decades of experience in fiscal policy and taxation. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in 2001 and spent 22 years at the firm, rising to become Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.
Oyedele 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 also completed executive education programmes at the London School of Economics, Yale University, the Gordon Institute of Business Science, and the Harvard Kennedy School.
Beyond the corporate sector, Oyedele is a professor at Babcock University in Ogun State and serves as a visiting scholar at the Lagos Business School.
The President’s letter to the Senate initiates the confirmation process required before the nominee can assume office.
In the statement dated March 3, 2026, Onanuga confirmed that the nomination forms part of the administration’s ongoing efforts to reposition Nigeria’s economic management architecture.
