Press Release

Late last night, we came across an audio clip circulating on the social media, extracted from a telephone conversation between two persons who made very disparaging remarks about the Akwa Ibom State Governor, His Excellency, Governor Udom Emmanuel, the Commissioner for Health, Dr, Dominic Ukpong and ongoing efforts to contain the spread and impact of COVID-19 in the state.

In the audio clip, the name of XL106.9FM was mentioned at least twice.

We have since identified the persons in the conversation as Kufre Carter, a sports reporter with our station currently on indefinite leave (as part of our COVID-19 containment measures) and someone whom he identified as Dr. Kenneth Okono Inyang.

XL106.9FM disassociates itself completely from this conversation. Their comments and opinions do not represent the views of the Station. We want to state categorically that this conversation was neither initiated at the instance of the Station nor intended to be used by it in any manner. You may want to take notice that no part of this conversation has featured in any of our programmes. The contents and tone of the conversation go against our policy and editorial philosophy. We are apolitical. We are completely non-partisan. Our journalism abhors partisan bickering, takes no sides in any issue and does not permit us to sit in judgment. Our best practice remains the presentation of all sides of an issue; any issue.

As we have always said, XL106.9FM has an Akwa Ibom First Mentality. We have maintained cordial and professional relationship with the Akwa Ibom State Government. As a broadcast medium, we do our job to the letter and spirit of both the Constitution and our responsibility to our State and its Government. Since the onset of COVID-19, we have offered our station freely as a tool of public enlightenment. We were the first broadcast station in the State to implement the State Government’s guidelines on people processing, social hygiene and distancing.

Insults, abuses, disrespect to constituted authority, name-calling and the sorts do not feature in our brand of journalism and radio practice. While Kufre Carter is free to hold his opinions and canvass them freely, his employment with XLFM should have constrained his public and private expressions to align with the values we represent. We will not tolerate such partisan and unprofessional conduct in our Station. He will undergo immediate disciplinary processing.

We present our profound apologies to His Excellency, Governor Udom Emmanuel and the State Government, the Hon. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong and the revered Men of God that were also disparaged in the conversation.

Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria and indeed the whole world is facing an existential threat. We must rise to this challenge as a united, disciplined army. We must eschew divisiveness and distractions such as the one presented by this audio clip and line up behind the State Government in its fight to contain COVID-19 and restore normalcy to our dear State. XL106.9FM will continue to support the Administration’s ongoing efforts to contain the spread and limit its impact.

God bless Akwa Ibom State.

MANAGEMENT

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