Tinubu sends Oyedele, Magnus Abe nominations to Senate for confirmation

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday asked the Senate to screen and confirm Mr. Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance, replacing Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite.

The President also urged the Senate 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 one of the letters, 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 spearheaded initiatives aimed at overhauling Nigeria’s tax system. The 50-year-old is an economist, accountant and public policy expert.

In another letter, the President sought the screening and confirmation of Abe as chairman of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission following the resignation of Gbenga Komolafe.

Also nominated for confirmation by the Senate 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.

Akpabio subsequently referred the nominations to the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream) for further legislative action.