President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renewed the tenure of the Director-General of the National Television Authority (NTA), Abdulhamid Salihu Dembos, and the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Ali Mohammed Ali, for another three-year term.
A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, said the President first appointed Dembos and Ali on October 20, 2023.
According to the statement, their second term will begin on October 20, 2026.
Dembos, from Yola, Adamawa State, is a former National President of the Radio, Television, Theatre and Art Workers Union (RATTAWU). He previously served as Executive Director, Marketing, at the NTA after his retirement in 2017.
He joined the NTA as an announcer at the Kaduna Station after his National Youth Service in 1989 and rose through the ranks to serve as General Manager at NTA Lokoja and NTA Kano.
He retired as the Acting Zonal Director, NTA Kaduna Network Centre, in 2017.
Ali is a veteran journalist and media manager with over 30 years of experience. He has a keen interest in media evolution and content development in a digital world, meeting the needs of a diverse population with alternative news feeds.
He holds a first degree in English from Bayero University, Kano, a graduate degree in International Affairs from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Mass Communications from Bayero University, Kano.
President Tinubu urged the two chief executives to justify the confidence reposed in them by continuing to demonstrate commitment to the mandates of their respective organisations and the promotion of the government’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
