Isiyaku Ahmed
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renewed the tenure of the Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Salihu Abdulhamid Dembos, for another three years.
The President also renewed the tenure of the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Ali Mohammed Ali, for a second three-year term.
According to a statement issued on Sunday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), the renewed appointments will take effect on 20 October 2026, following the expiration of their initial three-year tenure, which began on 20 October 2023.
Dembos, a native of 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 program and subsequently rose through the ranks during his career.
He served as General Manager of NTA Lokoja and NTA Kano at different times before becoming the Acting Zonal Director of the NTA Kaduna Network Centre, a position he held until his retirement in 2017.
Following his retirement, Dembos returned to the NTA as Executive Director of Marketing before President Tinubu appointed him Director-General of the organization in 2023.
Ali Mohammed Ali, who also received a second-term appointment, is a veteran journalist and media administrator with more than three decades of experience in the industry.
He has focused on media transformation and content development, particularly the need for media organizations to adapt to the evolving digital landscape and meet the information needs of diverse audiences.
Ali 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 Communication from Bayero University, Kano.
President Tinubu urged both chief executives to justify the confidence reposed in them by sustaining their commitment to the mandates of their respective organizations.
He also charged them to support the promotion of the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda through professional, credible and responsible public broadcasting and news reporting.
