BREAKING: Tinubu nominates new Minister of State for Finance

Mr Taiwo Oyedele has been nominated as new Minister of State for Finance by President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday in Abuja.

The current Minister of State for Finance, Dr Doris Anite-Uzoka will be redeployed to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning.

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In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed the deployment of Anite-Uzoka.

A letter of the nomination has been forwarded to the Senate for confirmation.

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Oyedele served as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms and his contribution to the Tax Reform was notable.

He hails from Ondo and a native of Ikaram in Akoko Local Government Council.

The 50-year old accountant has spent over two decades practicing accountancy before becoming a policy expert.
Oyedele obtained a Higher National Diploma, HND in Accountancy and Finance from Yaba College of Technology, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University.

Oyedele has also completed executive education programmes at the London School of Economics, Yale University, Gordon Institute of Business Science, and the Harvard Kennedy School.

Oyedele spent 22 years at PwC, joining the firm in 2001 and rising to become Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.

He currently serves as a professor at Babcock University and as a visiting scholar at the Lagos Business School.

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