By Chibuike Nwabuko
ABUJA (PRECISE POST) – 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.
The President’s decision was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
Dembos and Ali were first appointed to head the NTA and NAN respectively on October 20, 2023. Their second term 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, Marketing, at the NTA following his retirement from the organisation in 2017.
He joined the NTA as an announcer at its Kaduna station after completing his National Youth Service in 1989 and rose through the ranks, serving at various times as General Manager of NTA Lokoja and NTA Kano.
Dembos retired in 2017 as the Acting Zonal Director of the NTA Kaduna Network Centre.
Ali, a veteran journalist and media manager, has over 30 years of experience in the media industry. He is particularly interested in media evolution and content development in the digital era, with a focus on meeting the needs of diverse audiences through alternative news feeds.
He holds a first degree in English from Bayero University, Kano; a graduate degree in International Affairs from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; and a Post Graduate Diploma in Mass Communications from Bayero University, Kano.
President Tinubu urged both chief executives to justify the confidence reposed in them by continuing to demonstrate commitment to the mandates of their respective organisations and the promotion of the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
The President also expressed confidence that their renewed tenure would contribute to the continued development and effective performance of the NTA and NAN in Nigeria’s evolving media landscape.
