The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and
Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, has stepped down from his role with immediate effect.
In a statement issued by the Presidency on Saturday, Ngelale
said he had submitted a memo to the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi
Gbajabiamila, informing him of his plan to proceed on indefinite leave.
Ngelale added that he has stepped down as the Special
Presidential Envoy on Climate Action and Chairman of the Presidential Steering
Committee on Project Evergreen.
According to Ngelale, he stepped down from his role to deal
with medical matters presently affecting his nuclear family.
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.”
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