Ajuri Ngelale
Nigerian journalist and politician
Ajuri Obari Ngelale (born 13 November 1986) is a Nigerian broadcast journalist and politician who served as presidential spokesman to president Bola Tinubu. He previously served as presidential senior special adviser on public affairs to former president Muhammadu Buhari and was a co-principal spokesperson of Bola Tinubu presidential campaign council for the 2023 Nigerian general election which they won. He was a senior reporter and presenter at Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Channels Television.
Early life and education
Ngelale was born in Platteville, Wisconsin, United States to a Nigerian father of Eleme origin, Chief Precious Osaro Ngelale and German-American mother Diane who served as social welfare director of the Rivers State Government under Governor Melford Okilo. His father was a geologist and politician who was elected to the Rivers State House of Assembly in the Third Republic and served until General Muhammadu Buhari's military coup of 1983. Following the military coup, his family moved to the United States in 1985. After the return of civilian rule in 1999, his father was appointed to the federal cabinet as a minister. Ngelale earned a bachelor's degree majoring in political science and history from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, US. He returned to Nigeria in 2011 to participate in the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
Career
Ngelale started journalism career as a youth corps member at Africa Independent Television where he was deployed for his one-year national service. After completing his national service, he was retained by AIT as an investigative reporter and later served as a news editor, producer and presenter from 2011 to 2016.
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