Yemi Obafemi
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renewed the appointments 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-year term.
The announcement was contained in a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, on Sunday, August 23, 2026.
Their renewed tenure will begin on October 20, 2026, following their initial appointment by the President 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 retiring in 2017.
He joined the NTA as an announcer at its Kaduna station in 1989 after completing his National Youth Service and later served as General Manager of NTA Lokoja and NTA Kano. He retired as Acting Zonal Director of the NTA Kaduna Network Centre in 2017.
Ali, a veteran journalist and media manager with more than 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 Postgraduate Diploma in Mass Communications from Bayero University.
Tinubu urged both chief executives to justify the confidence placed in them by sustaining their commitment to the mandates of their respective organisations and supporting the government’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
