By Abuja, Nigeria
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Nigerian Senate to screen and confirm Mr. Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance, replacing Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite. The President also nominated former senator Magnus Abe as Chairman of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).
The nominations were contained in separate letters read during Tuesday’s plenary by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio. In his correspondence, 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 served as chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, where he led efforts to reform Nigeria’s tax system. The President also requested the Senate to confirm Abe as chairman of the NUPRC following the resignation of Gbenga Komolafe.
In addition, Tinubu nominated Paul Yaro Jezhi, a former chairman of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria in Kaduna State, and Sunday Adebayo Babalola, a former deputy director at the defunct Department of Petroleum Resources, as non-executive commissioners of the commission.
Following the reading of the letters, Akpabio referred the nominations to the Senate Committee on Petroleum Upstream for further legislative consideration.
