President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate to screen and confirm Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, as the Minister of State-nominee for Finance.
The President also wrote to the Red Chamber to screen and confirm Senator Magnus Abe as Chairman of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).
Last Tuesday, the Presidency announced the redeployment of the Minister of State for Finance, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite as Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, and nominated Oyedele in her place.
Oyedele, who hails from Ikaram-Akoko, Ondo State, was the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, where he spearheaded reforms aimed at overhauling Nigeria’s tax system.
The 50-year-old is an economist, accountant and public policy expert.
Oyedele spent 22 years of his working career at PwC, joining in 2001 and rising to become the Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.
Abe represented Rivers South East district in the Senate between 2011 and 2015 and is an ally of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike.
Also for confirmation by the Senate are a former Trade Union Congress chairman in Kaduna State, Paul Yaro Jezhi; and a former Deputy Director at the defunct Department of Petroleum Resources, Sunday Adebayo Babalola. Both were nominated as non-executive commissioners of NUPRC.
The President’s requests were contained in separate letters read during plenary by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
