President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renewed the tenure of the Director-General of the National Television Authority (NTA), Salihu Dembos, and the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Ali Mohammed, for another three-year term.
This was made known in a statement issued on Sunday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
According to the statement, their second term will begin on October 20, 2026.
Tinubu first appointed Dembos and Mohammed on October 20, 2023.
As profiled by Onanuga, Salihu Dembos, who hailed from Yola, Adamawa State, 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.
He 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.
Dembos retired as the acting Zonal Director, NTA Kaduna Network Centre, in 2017.
On his part, Ali Mohammed Ali is a veteran journalist and media manager with over 30 years of experience.
He has a keen interest in media evolution and content development in a digital world, meeting the needs of a diverse population with alternative news feeds.
With a first degree in English from Bayero University, Kano, Ali also holds a graduate degree in International Affairs from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Mass Communications from Bayero University, Kano.
Tinubu 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.