{"id":157144,"date":"2025-03-29T11:18:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T10:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-is-my-father-last-man-standing-ajuri-ngelale"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:33:15","slug":"tinubu-is-my-father-last-man-standing-ajuri-ngelale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-my-father-last-man-standing-ajuri-ngelale","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu is my father, last man standing \u2013 Ajuri Ngelale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former presidential Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, has described President Bola Tinubu as his father.<\/p>\n<p>Ngelale made the remark while celebrating Tinubu, who clocks 73 today, March 29.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement he signed on Saturday, the former media aide disclosed that Tinubu is the \u201clast man standing\u201d because when all odds are stacked against you, he is rooting for you and guiding you to success.<\/p>\n<p>On September 7, 2024, Ngelale stepped down from his position as Tinubu\u2019s spokesman.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Ngelale also stepped down as the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action and Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on Project Evergreen.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by the presidency said Ngelale submitted a memo to Tinubu\u2019s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, informing him of his plan to proceed on indefinite leave.<\/p>\n<p>The former presidential spokesman explained that he stepped down to deal with medical matters affecting his nuclear family.<\/p>\n<p>However, the statement titled \u201cMy Father, My President, Happy Birthday,\u201d reads:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn my first day serving in the present government, I only knew H.E. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as my President. My Boss. The leader of our great nation, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had not had the privilege of being around him, except on two brief occasions before that day, despite a very active campaign effort on his behalf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could not have known then that I would find in him my most profound mentor and nothing less than a father in the truest sense of the word.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President has been nicknamed the Last Man Standing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last man standing does not merely describe a man who heroically campaigned across all nooks of our federation against institutional forces who conspired to deny our population its currency and fuel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last man standing does not also merely describe Daddy as the perpetual winner, triumphant over perpetual candidates, who has won every election he has ever participated in dating back to his school days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those who have the rare privilege of knowing him, he is the last man standing in your corner when all odds are stacked against you; rooting you on and guiding you to success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaddy taught me that the cost and value of rigorous mentorship is the price of a glorious future and that it is only paid back once it is paid forward to the next generation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaddy taught me that appropriate patience and strategic restraint will defeat hard power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaddy taught me that consistent persuasion born out of sincere conviction will break the coercive grip of those who beguile and bully others into submission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are too many invaluable morsels of wisdom and expertise gleaned in the presence of my father to share in this short recognition, but I am and will always be honoured to be associated with our nation\u2019s greatest reformer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn this special day, I turn to my Father: Daddy, I thank you for making the selfless and deliberate choice to use your life\u2019s candlelight to kindle the candle flames of those who will illuminate this dark world for generations to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay God Almighty strengthen you with divine wisdom, peace, health, and all that is required of you to deliver the country of our dreams. Happy Birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former presidential Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, has described President Bola Tinubu as his father. Ngelale made the remark while celebrating Tinubu, who clocks 73 today, March 29. In a statement he signed on Saturday, the former media aide disclosed that Tinubu is the \u201clast man standing\u201d because when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":157143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[13564,254,945],"class_list":["post-157144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-ajuri-ngelale","tag-nigeria","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tinubu is my father, last man standing \u2013 Ajuri Ngelale - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former presidential Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, has described President Bola Tinubu as his fa ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-my-father-last-man-standing-ajuri-ngelale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tinubu is my father, last man standing \u2013 Ajuri Ngelale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former presidential Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, has described President Bola Tinubu as his fa ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-my-father-last-man-standing-ajuri-ngelale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-29T10:18:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-04T13:33:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1743238783.96979.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"740\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"433\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-my-father-last-man-standing-ajuri-ngelale#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-my-father-last-man-standing-ajuri-ngelale\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tinubu is my father, last man standing \u2013 Ajuri Ngelale\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-29T10:18:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-04T13:33:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-my-father-last-man-standing-ajuri-ngelale\"},\"wordCount\":554,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-my-father-last-man-standing-ajuri-ngelale#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1743238783.96979.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ajuri Ngelale\",\"Nigeria\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-my-father-last-man-standing-ajuri-ngelale#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-my-father-last-man-standing-ajuri-ngelale\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-is-my-father-last-man-standing-ajuri-ngelale\",\"name\":\"Tinubu is my father, last man standing \u2013 Ajuri Ngelale - 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