From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
President Bola Tinubu has renewed the tenure of the Director-General of the National 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 second term will commence on October 20, 2026, following their initial appointment by the President on October 20, 2023.
The renewal was announced in a statement issued on Sunday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
Dembos, an indigene of Yola, Adamawa State, joined the NTA in 1989 as an announcer at the Kaduna station after his National Youth Service.
He subsequently served as General Manager of NTA Lokoja and NTA Kano before retiring in 2017 as Acting Zonal Director, NTA Kaduna Network Centre.
He later returned to the NTA as Executive Director of Marketing and also served as National President of the Radio, Television, Theatre and Art Workers Union (RATTAWU).
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 Communications from Bayero University, Kano.
The Presidency said President Tinubu urged the two executives to justify the confidence reposed in them by remaining committed to the mandates of their organisations and promoting the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
(The Sun)
