Senate begins screening of Oyedele as minister

Senate begins screening of Oyedele as minister

The Senate on Wednesday commenced the screening of the immediate past Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, following his nomination as Minister of State for Finance.

Taiwo Oyedele

The exercise comes barely 24 hours after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu wrote to the Senate requesting the screening and confirmation of Oyedele to join the Federal Executive Council, replacing Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite.

Tinubu had also urged the upper chamber to confirm former Rivers South-East senator, Magnus Abe, as chairman of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission.

The requests were contained 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 he was nominated minister, Oyedele, from Ikaram in Akoko, Ondo State, served as chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, where he spearheaded reforms aimed at overhauling Nigeria’s tax system.

Oyedele, 50, is an economist, accountant and public policy expert.