Ajuri Ngelale, former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, clocked 38 years of age, saying God has been faithful to him in the past years.
Ngelale, who had stayed away from public glare since his stepping aside from his roles in Tinubu government some months ago under hazy circumstances, updated his profile picture on Facebook on Wednesday night with a photo showing him and a former United States’ Secretary of State and Special Envoy on Climate Change, John Jerry, at a previous function.
He wrote: “God Almighty has been faithful in my 38 years.
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LEADERSHIP recalls that on Saturday, September 7, in a statement issued by the Presidency, 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.”