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BREAKING: Tinubu’s Media Adviser, Ajuri Ngelale Steps Down

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3 months ago

Sep 7, 2024.

Dennis

Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, has announced that he is taking an indefinite leave of absence.

Ngelale explained that the decision came after extensive consultations with his family over the past few days due to a worsening medical condition.

In a statement released on Saturday, he mentioned that he has informed the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, through a memo.

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Ngelale also stated that he has stepped down from his roles as the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action and Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on Project Evergreen.

“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.

“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 I during this time.”