Monrovia – The Administration of the State-owned, Liberia Broadcasting System (LBS) has issued a proper apology to Nimba County Senator, Samuel G. Kogar for misinformation and reputational damage.
LBS apology stands from Senator Kogar objection to a Information Article carried on the station’s language program in Mano and Gio by the language announcer (Milton Gondoun) on 4th and sixth October, 2025 – claiming that him, Samuel G. Kogar, have organized to promote properties of the Late Senator Prince Y. Johnson.
In his rejection to the article, the Nimba County Senator identified that the reportage will not be solely unfounded and misrepresentation of the actual fact, however lacks substance of fact and constitutes a gross mischaracterization of the information.
Senator Kogar went on to state that following this “malicious Information Article”, the general public together with his residents and different citizenry have expressed considerations and dismay, thus placing his fame for public scrutiny for the improper causes.
He registered that the results of such inaccurate reportage are usually not inconsequential; by insinuating or fabricating an expression that he has not harbor, including it’s injurious not solely to my integrity, but in addition to my relationship with the Late Senator’s household and by extension, the folks of Nimba County that I’ve vowed to characterize with utmost integrity and inside the authorized ambiance concomitantly”.
Senator Kogar: “Accordingly, and with due courtesy, I do hereby formally and unequivocally demand The Liberia Broadcasting System to difficulty a full, unconditional and unqualified retraction of its Information Article being introduced by Mr.
Milton Gondoun, who produced the Language Program in each Mano and Gio on the 4th and sixth October, 2025 respectively”.
In response to Senator Kogar’s objection, the administration of the Liberia Broadcasting System in an official apology underneath the signature of Director Common, Mr. Eugene L. Fahngon, revealed that following a radical investigation performed by an impartial three-member panel, the Liberia Broadcasting System has reached the selections, that mentioned broadcast has been formally retrieved from all LBS platforms and archives to forestall additional circulation, and disciplinary motion has been taken in opposition to the employees instantly concerned within the manufacturing and airing of the report for violating institutional editorial and moral requirements.
The LBS on the identical time prolonged its honest apologies to Hon. Samuel G. Kogar, for the misinformation and any reputational damage brought on by the printed and on the identical time expressed its dedication to upholding the best requirements of professionalisms, accuracy, and accountability in all its packages, noting
“Administration assures you that corrective measures have been instituted to forestall the recurrence of mentioned incidents sooner or later”.
Senator Kogar has additionally acknowledged the swift actions taken by the LBS
Administration which he added is meant to uphold the ethic of fine journalism and for taking punitive motion in opposition to its producer for his failure to comply with the tenet of the journalism career.
