President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday asked the Senate to screen and confirm Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance, to replace Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite.
The President also requested the upper chamber to confirm former Rivers South-East senator, Magnus Abe, as chairman of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).
The requests were conveyed in separate letters read during plenary by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio.
In the letter, Tinubu urged the Senate to consider and approve Oyedele’s nomination as part of ongoing adjustments within the Federal Executive Council.
Until his nomination, Oyedele, who hails from Ikaram in Akoko, Ondo State, served as chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, where he led initiatives aimed at restructuring Nigeria’s tax system.
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The 50-year-old is an economist, accountant and public policy expert.
Oyedele spent 22 years of his career at PwC, where he joined in 2001 and rose to the position of Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.
In another letter, the President asked the Senate to screen and confirm Abe as chairman of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission following the resignation of Gbenga Komolafe.
Also nominated for confirmation are Paul Yaro Jezhi, a former chairman of the Trade Union Congress in Kaduna State, and Sunday Adebayo Babalola, a former deputy director at the defunct Department of Petroleum Resources. Both were nominated as non-executive commissioners.
After the letters were read, Akpabio referred the nominations to the Senate Committee on Petroleum Upstream for further legislative action.
Rafiyat Sadiq is a political, justice, and human rights reporter with Pinnacle Daily, known for fearless reporting and impactful storytelling. At Pinnacle Daily, she brings clarity and depth to issues shaping governance, democracy, and the protection of citizens’ rights.
