Tinubu Renews Tenure of NTA, NAN CEOs
By Nafiu Muhammad Lema
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the renewal of 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 renewal takes effect from October 20, 2026, following the expiration of their first three-year tenure, which began on October 20, 2023.
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 of Marketing at the NTA before his retirement in 2017.
He joined the NTA as an announcer at its Kaduna station in 1989 after completing his National Youth Service and subsequently rose through the ranks, serving as General Manager of NTA Lokoja and NTA Kano. He later retired as Acting Zonal Director of the NTA Kaduna Network Centre.
Ali Mohammed Ali, the Managing Director of NAN, is a veteran journalist and media manager with more than 30 years of experience in the industry.
He holds a 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.
According to a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, 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.
The President also charged them to sustain efforts towards promoting the government’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
