President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the renewal of 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 years.
The Presidency announced this in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Sunday.
Dembos and Ali were first appointed to head the NTA and NAN respectively on October 20, 2023. Their renewed tenure 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 following his retirement from the organisation in 2017.
He joined the NTA as an announcer at its Kaduna station in 1989 after completing his National Youth Service and subsequently rose through the ranks.
He served as General Manager of NTA Lokoja and NTA Kano, among other positions, before retiring 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 the industry, with particular interest in media evolution and content development in the digital era.
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 Communication from Bayero University, Kano.
President Tinubu urged both chief executives to justify the confidence reposed in them by sustaining their commitment to the mandates of their respective organisations and promoting the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.