President Bola Tinubu on Monday disclosed that he did not have a difficult time deciding on where and how newly-appointed Minister of State for Finance, Taiwo Oyedele, would fit in his cabinet.
Speaking while swearing-in the 50-year-old public policy expert as a minister at the Council Chambers in Aso Villa, the President said, “You are just a very dedicated and highly determined individual.
“It didn’t take much for me to decide where you fit and where you need to be to further help the country.
“It is a very challenging job to look at the fiscal policy and responsibility that comes with it at a time when economic stability is being experienced, but without exponential growth. It is always very difficult. But you fit the bill.”
Top Society recalls that the President had in July 2023 appointed Oyedele, a former fiscal policy partner and Africa tax leader at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), as chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms.
His work in that role led to the creation of four bills: the Nigeria Tax Bill, the Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, the Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill, and the Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill were passed by the National Assembly last year after months of extensive debates and controversies, and assented to by Tinubu on June 26, 2025.
Tinubu nominated Oyedele as the Minister of State for Finance on March 3, 2026, to replace Doris Uzoka-Anite, who was moved to serve as the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning.
Days later, the Senate confirmed the former Tax tsar as a minister-designate through a voice vote at the Committee of the Whole, after hours of screening.
At his swearing in today, Tinubu lauded the new minister for his contribution to improving Nigeria’s tax policy, which he said had been obsolete. He also thanked Oyedele’s wife for supporting her husband.
