Tinubu Asks Senate To Confirm Tax Reform Chief Oyedele As Minister Of Finance, Magnus Abe As NUPRC Chairman
Tinubu Asks Senate To Confirm Tax Reform Chief Oyedele As Minister Of Finance, Magnus Abe As NUPRC Chairman
The President also nominated former Rivers South-East senator, Magnus Ngei Abe, as chairman of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).
President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to screen and confirm Mr Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance, replacing Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite.
The President also nominated former Rivers South-East senator, Magnus Ngei Abe, as chairman of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).
The requests were contained in separate letters read on Tuesday during plenary by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
In the letter seeking Oyedele’s confirmation, Tinubu urged the Senate to consider and approve the nomination as part of ongoing adjustments within the Federal Executive Council.
Until his nomination, Oyedele, an indigene of Akoko, Ondo State, served as chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, where he spearheaded initiatives aimed at overhauling Nigeria’s tax system.
Tinubu also asked the Senate to screen and confirm Abe as chairman of the NUPRC following the resignation of Gbenga Komolafe.
In the same communication, the President nominated 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, as non-executive commissioners of the commission.
After reading the letters, Akpabio referred the nominations to the Senate Committee on Petroleum Upstream for further legislative consideration and possible confirmation.
