President Buhari appoints Dembos as NTA Director-General

By BASHIR ADEFAKA

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr. Salihu Abdulhamid Dembos as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).

Mr. Segun Adeyemi, Special Assistant to the President on Media, Office of the Minister of Information and Culture, made this known in a statement he issued in Abuja on Wednesday and copy of which was emailed to The DEFENDER.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the appointment in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday.

He said the appointment is for a tenure of three years in the first instance.

Until his appointment, Mr. Dembos was the Executive Director, Marketing, of the NTA.

Mr. Dembos’ career as a media professional spans over 20 years. He has served as General Manager of two NTA Stations, in Lokoja and Kano; and as Zonal Director, NTA, Kaduna, among other appointments.