RismadarVoice Reporters
August 24, 2026
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the renewal of the tenure of the Director-General of the National 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.
Their renewed tenure will commence on October 20, 2026, following their initial appointment by President Tinubu on October 20, 2023.
The announcement was contained in a statement issued on Sunday, August 23, 2026, by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.
Salihu Dembos, an indigene of 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 from the organisation in 2017.
Dembos joined the NTA in 1989 as an announcer at its Kaduna station after completing his National Youth Service. He subsequently rose through the ranks, serving as General Manager of NTA Lokoja and NTA Kano.
He retired in 2017 as Acting Zonal Director of the NTA Kaduna Network Centre.
Ali Mohammed Ali is a veteran journalist and media manager with more than three decades of experience.
He has focused extensively on media evolution and content development in the digital era, particularly the need to provide diverse audiences with alternative news sources.
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 Communications from Bayero University, Kano.
Tinubu charges both executives
President Tinubu urged the two chief executives to justify the confidence placed in them by sustaining their commitment to their organisations’ mandates.
He also tasked them with continuing to support the promotion of the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
