The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, has taken an indefinite leave of absence.
Ngelale stated that the decision followed extensive consultations with his family in recent days, as a worsening medical condition required urgent attention.
In a statement released on Saturday, he noted that he has informed the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, through an official memo.
Additionally, Ngelale announced his resignation 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.”
The leave of absence implies that he would temporarily suspend his duties as spokesperson to President Bola Tinubu.