By Claire Mom

L-R: Abdulhamid Dembos, DG of NTA, and Ali Mohammed Ali, MD of NAN

President Bola Tinubu has renewed the appointments of Abdulhamid Dembos, director-general (DG) of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), and Ali Mohammed Ali, the managing director (MD) of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), for another three-year term.  

Bayo Onanuga, presidential spokesperson, announced the development in a statement issued on Sunday.

Tinubu first appointed Dembos and Ali on October 20, 2023.

Onanuga said Dembos and Ali’s second term would begin on October 20, 2026.

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

He previously served as the executive director of marketing at the NTA after his retirement in 2017.

Dembos joined the NTA as an announcer at the Kaduna station after his national youth service in 1989. He rose through the ranks and, at various times, served as general manager at NTA Lokoja and NTA Kano. He retired as the acting zonal director of NTA Kaduna Network Centre in 2017.

Ali, a veteran journalist and media manager with over 30 years of experience, 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 (PGD) in mass communications from Bayero University.

Onanuga said Tinubu has urged the two chief executives to justify his confidence in them by continuing to demonstrate commitment to their organisation’s mandates and the promotion of the government’s renewed hope agenda.

Source: TheCable