President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, has stepped down from his role.
His quit, which is with immediate effect, was announced on Saturday
in a statement issued by the Presidency, Ngelale said he had tendered a memo to the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, notifying him of his plan to proceed on indefinite leave.
Ngelale also disclosed that he had stepped down as the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action and Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on Project Evergreen.
He explained that he stepped down to deal with medical matters currently affecting his nuclear family.
“On Friday, I submitted a memo to the Chief of Staff to the President informing my office that I am proceeding on an indefinite leave of absence to frontally deal with medical matters presently affecting my immediate nuclear family,” he said
He added: “While I fully appreciate that the ship of state waits for no man, this agonizing decision — entailing a pause of my functions as the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity and Official Spokesperson of the President, Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, and Chairman, Presidential Steering Committee on Project Evergreen — was taken after significant consultations with my family over the past several days as a vexatious medical situation has worsened at home.”
“I look forward to returning to full-time national service when time, healing, and fate permit. I respectfully ask for some privacy for my family and me during this time,” Ngelale said.
Recall that on August 1, 2023, Ngelale was appointed as the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity.
In a statement from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the appointment took effect on July 31, 2023, and will terminate at the end of this administration unless otherwise decided by the President.
On May 19, 2024, Tinubu also appointed Ngelale as the first Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action. He was also appointed as the Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on Project Evergreen and Secretary of the Presidential Committee on Climate Action and Green Economic Solutions.
He is a Nigerian broadcast journalist and has served as a senior reporter and presenter at Africa Independent Television and Channels Television
Ngelale was born on November 13, 1986, in Platteville, Wisconsin, United States, to a Nigerian father of Eleme origin in Rivers State, Precious Ngelale and a German-American mother, Diane Ngelale.
Ngelale previously served as the Senior Special Adviser on Public Affairs to President Muhammadu Buhari between 2019 and 2023 and was a co-principal spokesperson of the Bola Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council for the 2023 presidential election.
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