President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renewed the tenure of the Director-General of the National Television Authority (NTA), Abdulhamid Salihu Dembos, and the Director-General of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Ali Mohammed Ali, for another three-year terms.
A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, said the President first appointed Dembos and Ali on October 20, 2023.
According to the statement, his second term will begin on October 20, 2026.
Dembos, from Yola, Adamawa State, is a former national president of the Radio, Television, Theater and Arts Workers Union (RATTAWU). He previously served as Executive Director of Marketing at NTA after his retirement in 2017.
He joined the NTA as an announcer at the Kaduna station after his National Youth Service in 1989 and rose through the ranks to serve as General Manager at NTA Lokoja and NTA Kano.
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He retired as Acting Zonal Director of NTA Kaduna Network Center in 2017.
Ali is a veteran journalist and media director with over 30 years of experience. He has a keen interest in media evolution and content development in a digital world, meeting the needs of a diverse population with alternative news sources.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Bayero University, Kano, a postgraduate degree in International Affairs from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and a postgraduate diploma in Mass Communications from Bayero University, Kano.
President Tinubu urged the two chief executives to justify the trust reposed in them by continuing to demonstrate their commitment to the mandates of their respective organizations and the promotion of the government’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
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