{"id":3509,"date":"2026-08-24T17:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=3509"},"modified":"2026-08-24T17:43:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:43:54","slug":"nigerian-government-renews-appointments-of-chief-executives-of-nan-nta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=3509","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Government renews appointments of Chief Executives of NAN, NTA\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*<strong><em>The Federal Government affirms the second term of Abdulhamid Dembos, Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority, and Ali Mohammed Ali, Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria, takes effect from October 20, 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has renewed the appointments of Abdulhamid Dembos as Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Ali Mohammed Ali as Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) for three more years.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, who disclosed this development in a statement, noted the second term of both Chief Executives of NAN and NTA will commence on October 20, 2026, following the expiration of their initial three-year tenure.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WRMrPLI95H\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=3490\">US warns Nigerians over fake documents in visa applications<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cUS warns Nigerians over fake documents in visa applications\u201d \u2014 Consumer Experience Is A Top Priority\" src=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=3490&amp;embed=true#?secret=hMcQzgu1oK#?secret=WRMrPLI95H\" data-secret=\"WRMrPLI95H\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It is recalled President Tinubu first appointed Dembos and Ali to head the NTA and NAN respectively October 20, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Dembos, an indigene of Yola, Adamawa State, previously served as the National President of the Radio, Television, Theatre and Art Workers Union (RATTAWU).<\/p>\n<p>He also served as Executive Director of Marketing at the NTA after retiring from the organisation in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Dembos began his career with the NTA as an announcer at its Kaduna station after completing his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme in 1989.<\/p>\n<p>He subsequently, rose from the ranks, serving as General Manager of NTA Lokoja, and NTA Kano at different times.<\/p>\n<p>He retired in 2017 as the Acting Zonal Director of the NTA Kaduna Network Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Ali is a veteran journalist and media manager with over three decades 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.<\/p>\n<p>Onanuga said President Tinubu, therefore, urged both Executives to justify the confidence reposed in them by sustaining their commitment to the mandates of their respective organisations and advancing the current administration\u2019s Renewed Hope Agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*The Federal Government affirms the second term of Abdulhamid Dembos, Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority, and Ali Mohammed Ali, Managing Director, News Agency of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"Photo Collage of Ali Mohammed Ali, Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (l) and Abdulhamid Dembos, Director-General of NTA \u00a0","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","_customify_content_layout":"","_customify_sidebar":"","_customify_page_header_display":"default","_customify_disable_header":"","_customify_disable_header_top":"","_customify_disable_header_main":"","_customify_disable_header_bottom":"","_customify_disable_page_title":"","_customify_disable_content_vertical_padding":"","_customify_disable_footer_top":"","_customify_disable_footer_main":"","_customify_disable_footer_bottom":"","_customify_breadcrumb_display":"","_customify_header_transparent_display":"default","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights","category-infoeducation","category-markets"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAN-and-NTA-Directors-General-cc-1.png",672,360,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAN-and-NTA-Directors-General-cc-1-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAN-and-NTA-Directors-General-cc-1-300x161.png",300,161,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAN-and-NTA-Directors-General-cc-1.png",672,360,false],"large":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAN-and-NTA-Directors-General-cc-1.png",672,360,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAN-and-NTA-Directors-General-cc-1.png",672,360,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAN-and-NTA-Directors-General-cc-1.png",672,360,false]},"author_info":{"info":["ConsumerConnect"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?cat=20\" rel=\"category\">Highlights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">InfoEducation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?cat=4\" rel=\"category\">Markets<\/a>","tag_info":"Markets","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3509"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3514,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3509\/revisions\/3514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}