Tinubu’s Aide, Ajuri Ngelale Steps Down
Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s Media Advisor, has resigned from his position.
In a statement he personally signed on Saturday, Ngelale said he was taking an indefinite leave of absence to take care of urgent medical matters that affected his immediate nuclear family.
Although Ngelale stated that he informed the President’s office of his decision on Friday, he emphasized that he looks forward to going back to full-time national duty as soon as time, health, and destiny allow.
In the one-page, four-paragraph press statement that Ngelale put up on his Facebook page, he said:
“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 I during this time.
“Chief Ajuri Ngelale.”
