Tinubu Renews Tenure of NTA DG, NAN MD for Another Three Years

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renewed the tenure of the Director-General of the Nigerian 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 Presidency announced the development in a statement issued on Sunday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.

According to the statement, Dembos and Ali were first appointed to lead the NTA and NAN respectively on October 20, 2023. Their renewed three-year tenure will commence on October 20, 2026.

Dembos, who hails from Yola, Adamawa State, is a former National President of the Radio, Television, Theatre and Art Workers Union (RATTAWU).

Before his appointment as NTA Director-General, he served as Executive Director of Marketing at the NTA after retiring 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.

He retired in 2017 as Acting Zonal Director of the NTA Kaduna Network Centre.

Ali Mohammed Ali is a veteran journalist and media manager with more than 30 years of experience in the media industry.

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 Ali has a strong interest in media evolution and content development in the digital era, particularly in meeting the information needs of a diverse population through alternative news platforms.

President Tinubu urged both chief executives to justify the confidence placed in them by continuing to uphold the mandates of their respective organisations.

The President also charged them to remain committed to advancing the government’s Renewed Hope Agenda.