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.
Their second term will begin on October 20, 2026, following their initial appointments by the President on October 20, 2023.
Dembos, a media executive from Yola, Adamawa State, previously served as Executive Director of Marketing at the NTA and was a former National President of the Radio, Television, Theatre and Art Workers Union (RATTAWU).
He joined the NTA in 1989 as an announcer at the Kaduna station after completing his National Youth Service and subsequently rose through the ranks, serving as General Manager of NTA Lokoja and NTA Kano before retiring in 2017 as Acting Zonal Director of the NTA Kaduna Network Centre.
Ali Mohammed Ali is a veteran journalist and media manager with more than 30 years of experience. He holds a 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.
President Tinubu urged both chief executives to justify the confidence reposed in them by remaining committed to the mandates of their organisations and supporting the promotion of the government’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
