FG appoints new DG, management for NTA

The Federal Government has appointed a new Director-General and management team for the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).

This doused speculations over a leadership shake-up at the NTA.

A statement by Segun Imohiosen, Director of Information and Public Relations, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF, confirmed the appointments, including Director-General – Rotimi Pedro (South-West);

Executive Director, Marketing -Karimah Bello (North-West);

Executive Director, News – Stella Din Jacob (North-Central); and

Managing Director, NTA Enterprises Limited – Sophia Essahmed (North-East).

President Bola Tinubu charged the new appointees to work as a team in repositioning and revitalizing NTA by introducing innovative approaches that will strengthen the agency’s service delivery and relevance in the evolving media landscape.

The announcement followed widespread reports of changes at the NTA, after an unverified report circulated claiming that Dembos and his management team had been removed.

At the time, both Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga and Minister of Information Mohammed Idris Malagi declined to confirm the shake-up, fuelling uncertainty among staff and the public.

Salihu Abdulhamid Dembos, who was appointed in October 2023, has now been officially replaced by Pedro, a Lagos-based sports entertainment executive with extensive media and broadcasting experience.

The new appointees will succeed the executive directors named in September 2024.

The confirmation of the new management underscores President Tinubu’s commitment to overhauling federal media institutions and reflects his broader agenda of infusing innovation into public communication platforms.

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Dele Fashomi

Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.

Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.

Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).

He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.

He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.

Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled:  Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.

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