President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renewed the tenures 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.
This is contained in a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, on Sunday.
According to the statement, Tinubu first appointed Dembos and Ali to head the NTA and NAN, respectively, on October 20, 2023. Their second terms will commence on October 20, 2026. 
Dembos, from Yola, Adamawa State, is a former National President of the Radio, Television, Theatre and Arts Workers Union (RATTAWU).
He previously served as Executive Director of Marketing at the NTA after his retirement from the organisation in 2017.
Dembos joined the NTA as an announcer at its Kaduna station after completing his National Youth Service in 1989. He subsequently rose through the ranks, serving at various times as General Manager of NTA Lokoja and NTA Kano.
He retired in 2017 as the Acting Zonal Director of the NTA Kaduna Network Centre.
Ali, on the other hand, is a veteran journalist and media manager with more than 30 years of experience.
He has a keen interest in media evolution and content development in the digital era, particularly in meeting the needs of diverse audiences through alternative news platforms.
Ali 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 Communication from Bayero University, Kano.
President Tinubu urged the two chief executives to justify the confidence reposed in them by continuing to demonstrate commitment to the mandates of their respective organisations and the promotion of his administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
