President Tinubu Seeks Senate Confirmation of Oyedele as Finance Minister of State, Abe as NUPRC Chairman
- Mar 10
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President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to screen and confirm Taiwo Oyedele as the new Minister of State for Finance. The request was presented during Tuesday’s plenary through a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
Oyedele’s nomination is expected to replace Doris Uzoka-Anite as part of changes within the Federal Executive Council. Before the nomination, Oyedele served as chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, where he led efforts aimed at restructuring Nigeria’s tax system.
An economist and public policy expert, Oyedele previously spent more than two decades at PricewaterhouseCoopers, rising to the position of Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.
In a separate communication, Tinubu also nominated former senator Magnus Abe for appointment as chairman of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission. The position became vacant following the resignation of Gbenga Komolafe.
Additionally, the president submitted the names of Paul Yaro Jezhi and Sunday Adebayo Babalola for confirmation as non-executive commissioners of the commission.
After the letters were read, the Senate referred the nominations to its Committee on Petroleum Upstream for further legislative consideration.
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