Inside Tinubu’s cabinet reshuffle that elevated Oyedele as finance minister

    Onyinye Nwachukwu, Anthony Ailemen & Cynthia Egboboh | Editor’s picks | Apr 22, 2026    
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President Bola Tinubu’s decision to reconfigure his economic management team has triggered one of the most consequential shifts in Nigeria’s fiscal leadership since the start of his administration, replacing Wale Edun with tax expert Taiwo Oyedele as minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy in a move that reflects both internal tensions and intensifying macroeconomic pressures.

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