Taiwo Oyedele

Taiwo Oyedele is a Nigerian economist, accountant and public-policy specialist serving as Nigeria's Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy. His public profile is principally associated with fiscal and tax policy, including his appointment to lead the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms before he entered the federal cabinet in 2026.

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About Taiwo Oyedele

Profile information current to 2026-08-22.

Nigeria · Economist, Accountant, Public-policy specialist · 6 affiliations

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Known for: Fiscal policy; Tax policy and reform; Public finance
Country: Nigeria

Economist
Accountant
Public-policy specialist
Professor
Visiting scholar

At a glance

He serves as Nigeria's Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy as of August 2026.
Oyedele was sworn in as Minister of State for Finance on 16 March 2026 and succeeded Wale Edun in the senior finance portfolio the following month.
He was appointed in July 2023 to chair the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms.
Before entering government, he spent 22 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers and became its Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.

Federal finance roles

Oyedele entered the federal cabinet as Minister of State for Finance on 16 March 2026. On 21 April 2026, he succeeded Wale Edun as Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy. State House records continued to identify him with the senior finance portfolio as of August 2026.

Fiscal and tax-policy work

President Bola Tinubu appointed Oyedele in July 2023 to chair the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms. Four tax-reform bills were signed into law on 26 June 2025, with Oyedele attending the signing as committee chair. Available sources disagree over whether he retained that chairmanship after joining the cabinet in March 2026, so it is not presented here as a current concurrent office.

Professional and academic background

Oyedele joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2001 and spent 22 years there, rising to Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader. He holds a Higher National Diploma in accountancy and finance from Yaba College of Technology and a BSc in applied accounting from Oxford Brookes University. The State House has also described him as a professor at Babcock University and a visiting scholar at Lagos Business School, and reported executive education at the London School of Economics, Yale University, the Gordon Institute of Business Science and the Harvard Kennedy School.

Affiliations

Federal Ministry of Finance, Nigeria Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy 2026-04-21–present
Federal Ministry of Finance, Nigeria Minister of State for Finance 2026-03-16–2026-04-21
PricewaterhouseCoopers Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader 2001–2023
Babcock University Professor
Lagos Business School Visiting scholar
Federal Ministry of Finance, Nigeria 2026-04-21–present

Timeline

2023-07-07 Appointed chair of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms.
2025-06-26 Four tax-reform bills were signed into law; Oyedele attended the signing in his capacity as chair of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms.
2026-03-16 Sworn in as Nigeria's Minister of State for Finance.
2026-04-21 Succeeded Wale Edun as Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy.

Additional verified details

Current context

The State House lists Taiwo Oyedele as Honourable Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy at the Federal Ministry of Finance. Cabinet offices can change and should be rechecked at publication.

Biographical facts

Oyedele spent 22 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, joining in 2001 and rising to become Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.
He obtained a Higher National Diploma in accountancy and finance from Yaba College of Technology and a BSc in applied accounting from Oxford Brookes University.
He completed executive education programmes at the London School of Economics, Yale University, the Gordon Institute of Business Science and the Harvard Kennedy School.
The State House described Oyedele as a professor at Babcock University and a visiting scholar at Lagos Business School.