By MUHYIDEEN JIMOH

President Bola Tinubu has nominated Mr Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance, to replace Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite.

Uzoka-Anite will now move to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning as Minister of State, her third portfolio in the administration.

This is contained in a statement issued by Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga, in Abuja.

Tinubu on Tuesday conveyed Oyedele’s nomination to the Senate for confirmation in a letter addressed to Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.

Until his nomination, Oyedele was Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms.

The committee spearheaded major reforms that overhauled Nigeria’s tax system.

Oyedele, 50, hails from Ikaram, Akoko, in Ondo and holds a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy and Finance from Yaba College of Technology.

He also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University.

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

He spent 22 years at PwC, where he rose to become Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.

Oyedele is a professor at Babcock University, Ogun State, and a visiting scholar at the Lagos Business School. (NAN)