President Bola Tinubu has renewed the appointments of Abdulhamid Dembos as Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority and Ali Mohammed Ali as Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria for another three years.
The renewal will take effect on October 20, 2026, following the expiration of their initial three-year tenure.
The President first appointed Dembos and Ali to lead the NTA and NAN, respectively, on October 20, 2023.
The renewal was announced in a statement issued on Sunday by presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga.
Dembos, who is from Yola, Adamawa State, has had a long career with the NTA and previously served as National President of the Radio, Television, Theatre and Art Workers Union.
He also served as Executive Director of Marketing at the NTA after retiring from the organisation in 2017.
Dembos began his career at the NTA as an announcer at its Kaduna station after completing the National Youth Service Corps programme in 1989.
He later rose through the ranks and served as General Manager of NTA Lokoja and NTA Kano at different periods.
Dembos retired in 2017 as Acting Zonal Director of the NTA Kaduna Network Centre before returning to lead the organisation as Director-General.
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