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 years.
Their renewed tenure will commence on October 20, 2026, following the expiration of their first three-year term, which began on October 20, 2023.
The development was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
President Tinubu, according to the statement, urged the two media executives to justify the confidence reposed in them by sustaining their commitment to the mandates of their respective organisations.
The President also tasked them with continuing to support the promotion of the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Agenda through their respective media platforms.
Dembos, who hails from Yola, Adamawa State, is a veteran broadcaster and former National President of the Radio, Television, Theatre and Art Workers Union (RATTAWU).
He joined the NTA as an announcer at its Kaduna station in 1989 after completing his National Youth Service Corps programme and rose through the ranks during his career.
He served as General Manager of NTA Lokoja and NTA Kano at different times before retiring in 2017 as Acting Zonal Director of the NTA Kaduna Network Centre.
Following his retirement, Dembos returned to the NTA as Executive Director of Marketing before his appointment as Director-General by President Tinubu in 2023.
On his part, Ali Mohammed Ali is a veteran journalist and media manager with more than three decades of experience in the Nigerian media industry.
The NAN Managing Director has a strong interest in the evolution of the media industry and content development in the digital era, particularly in responding to the needs of an increasingly diverse audience and the emergence of 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 Communications from Bayero University, Kano.
The renewal of their appointments signals the President’s continued confidence in the leadership of the two government-owned media organisations as they navigate an increasingly digital and competitive media environment.
