President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to swear in Taiwo Oyedele as the Minister of State for Finance on Monday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Oyedele’s appointment follows his nomination by Tinubu to replace Doris Uzoka-Anite, who was recently redeployed to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, marking her third portfolio in the current administration.

Before his nomination, Oyedele served as chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, where he played a key role in efforts aimed at overhauling Nigeria’s tax system.

The 50-year-old economist, accountant and public policy expert hails from Ikaram in Akoko area of 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 also completed executive education programmes at the London School of Economics, Yale University, Gordon Institute of Business Science, and the Harvard Kennedy School.

He spent 22 years at PwC after joining the firm in 2001, where he rose to become Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.

Aside from his professional career, Oyedele is a professor at Babcock University in Ogun State and also serves as a visiting scholar at the Lagos Business School.

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