Jean Martial Adou, Director of Cabinet at the Ministry of Communication, has been appointed Acting Director
General of Radiodiffusion Television Ivoirienne (RTI), replacing Fausseni Dembele who had been dismissed.
Jean Martial Adou was chosen as interim director general at an extraordinary meeting of the board of directors of the public broadcaster RTI on Thursday 11 July 2024, 24 hours after the outgoing director general, Fausseni Dembele was sacked.
The former director general of RTI, Fausseni Dembele, was dismissed following a strike by staff demanding better pay. In view of the “dysfunctions” observed, the head of state decided to relieve him of his duties.
Mr. Dembele, a media professional, was appointed Director General of RTI on 06 February 2019, replacing Ahmadou Bakayoko, the current Director General of the CIE/SODECI Group. He had been in post for six
years.
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