President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renewed the appointments 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-year term.
Tinubu first appointed Dembos and Ali to head the two government-owned media organisations on October 20, 2023, with their renewed tenure set to begin 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 joined the NTA as an announcer at the Kaduna Station after his National Youth Service in 1989 and subsequently rose through the ranks, serving as General Manager at NTA Lokoja and NTA Kano.
Dembos retired in 2017 as the acting Zonal Director of the NTA Kaduna Network Centre and later served as the NTA’s Executive Director of Marketing.
Ali, meanwhile, is a veteran journalist and media manager with more than 30 years of experience in the industry.
He has a keen interest in media evolution and content development in the digital era, particularly in meeting the needs of a diverse population through alternative news feeds.
Ali 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 the two 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 government’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
