NTA: Director-General, ED News will complete tenure as Tinubu cancels fresh appointments –Official

*Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, announces Salihu Abdullahi Dembos, the Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority, will now return to complete his three-year tenure of office

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the recall of Mr. Salihu Abdullahi Dembos, the Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).

Dembos briefly vacated the post, following some Management changes in national news agency.

Earlier, President Tinubu had appointed him Director-General of the TV Network by President Tinubu October 2023.

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Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, who disclosed this in a statement Tuesday, September 2, 2025, said the Director-General had been recalled to complete his three-year tenure.

Likewise, the President has directed the recall of Mr. Ayo Adewuyi, Executive Director of News at NTA, to complete his three-year tenure, which ends in 2027.

The Nigerian President had appointed Adewuyi 2024.

Onanuga further stated the new directive “effectively reversed the previously announced appointments of a Director-General, Executive Director of News, Executive Director of Marketing, and Managing Director of NTA Enterprises.”