President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renewed the appointments 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 president first appointed Dembos and Ali to head the two organisations on October 20, 2023. Their second terms will commence 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 of Marketing at the NTA before retiring in 2017.
Dembos joined the NTA as an announcer at its Kaduna station after completing his National Youth Service in 1989.
He rose through the ranks and served at various times as general manager of NTA Lokoja and NTA Kano.
He retired in 2017 as Acting Zonal Director of the NTA Kaduna Network Centre.
Ali is a veteran journalist and media manager with more than 30 years of experience.
He has a keen interest in media evolution and content development in the digital age, particularly in meeting the needs of a diverse population through alternative news platforms.
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 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 administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
The President’s directive was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
