President Bola Tinubu has forwarded two separate nomination letters to the Senate, requesting the screening and confirmation of Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance and Magnus Abe as Chairman of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).
Senate President Godswill Akpabio read both letters during plenary session.
Oyedele replaces Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite in the finance ministry.
Tinubu described the appointment as part of ongoing adjustments within the Federal Executive Council.
A native of Ikaram in Akoko, Ondo State, the 50-year-old economist, accountant and public policy expert previously chaired the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, where he led efforts to restructure Nigeria’s tax system.
Abe, a former Rivers South-East senator, has been nominated to head the NUPRC following the resignation of the immediate past chairman, Gbenga Komolafe.
Two others are also lined up for Senate confirmation — Paul Yaro Jezhi, former Trade Union Congress chairman in Kaduna State, and Sunday Adebayo Babalola, former deputy director at the now-defunct Department of Petroleum Resources.
