President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renewed the tenure of the Director-General of the Nigerian 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.
The Presidency disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
Dembos and Ali were first appointed by President Tinubu on October 20, 2023, with their second term scheduled to commence on October 20, 2026.
Dembos, who hails 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 of Marketing at the NTA after retiring from the organisation in 2017.
Dembos joined the NTA as an announcer at its Kaduna station in 1989 after completing his National Youth Service Corps programme. He subsequently rose through the ranks, serving at different times as General Manager of NTA Lokoja and NTA Kano.
He retired as Acting Zonal Director of the NTA Kaduna Network Centre in 2017.
Ali Mohammed Ali is a veteran journalist and media manager with more than 30 years of experience in journalism and media management.
He has a keen interest in media evolution and content development in the digital era, particularly in meeting the needs of a diverse population through alternative news feeds.
Ali 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 Communication from Bayero University, Kano.
President Tinubu congratulated both chief executives on their reappointment and urged them to justify the confidence reposed in them by continuing to demonstrate commitment to the mandates of their respective organisations.
The President also charged them to support the promotion of the government’s Renewed Hope Agenda through effective leadership and professional service.
