Ajuri Ngelale, The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity has resigned from his role due to medical reasons affecting his nuclear family.
He has also resigned as the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action and Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on Project Evergreen.
The Presidency issued a statement on Saturday saying Ngelale had submitted a memo to the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, informing him of his plan to go on an indefinite leave.
The statement read, “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.
“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.”
Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed Ajuri 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.
He previously served as the Senior Special Adviser on Public Affairs to President Muhammadu Buhari between 2019 and 2023 and was a spokesperson of the Bola Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council for the 2023 presidential election.
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