Dipo Olowookere
By Modupe Gbadeyanka
Mr Salihu Abdulhamid Dembos has been appointed as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).
Mr Dembos was appointed to the position by President Muhammadu Buhari, a statement issued on Wednesday by Mr Segun Adeyemi, the media aide to the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed, disclosed.
Mr Adeyemi quoted his boss as saying that the appointment of the new DG is for a tenure of three years in the first instance.
Until his appointment, Mr Dembos was the Executive Director in charge of Marketing at the NTA.
His 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 the Zonal Director of NTA, Kaduna, among other appointments.
