Like Uzoka-Anite, Tinubu’s latest cabinet reshuffle came without notice for Edun

    Onyinye Nwachukwu and Anthony Ailemen | Top Stories | Apr 22, 2026    
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In a move that has sent ripples through the corridors of power and the financial markets alike, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has fundamentally recalibrated the leadership of Nigeria’s economy. The departure of Wale Edun as minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy marks the most consequential change in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at strengthening cohesion and synergy in governance. Replacing him is Taiwo Oyedele, the former chairman of the presidential fiscal policy and tax reforms committee and, until Tuesday, the Minister of State for Finance.

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