An Accra-based radio station, Joy FM, has apologized to the Managing Director of the National Investment Bank (NIB), Samuel Sarpong, for allowing the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Hon. Isaac Adongo, to use their platform to make alleged defamatory remarks against him.
Evans Mensah, host of “Top Story, on 5th October, 2023, edition of the programme, issued the apology after reading in full, a press statement issued by the Communications Directorate of the NIB, denying the claims made by Isaac Adongo.
“We are unable to independently verify that claim [Isaac Adongo’s claim] and we duly apologise to the Managing Director [of NIB] for any injury that this might have caused him and the bank”.
Mr Adongo in an interview on Joy FM’s “Top Story” programme on 28th September, 2023, allegedly stated that the Managing Director of NIB was for one year managing the Bank via Zoom.
The Board and Management of the NIB in a letter to Mr Isaac Adongo demanding a retraction and an apology from him, said they take extreme exception to the claims made in the said statements, particularly since it had no substance or factual basis and appeared skewed just to bring the hard-won image of the Bank into disrepute.
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