By: Ramsey N Singbeh Jr
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Workers of the Liberia Broadcasting System (LBS) in a shocking outburst through the works union leadership have made a very damaging revelation about the entity’s Director General, Eugene Fahngon, describing his leadership style as abusive, manipulative and dysfunctional while at the same time accusing him of wrongly handling the affairs of the station.
In a press statement, a copy of which is in the possession of Throngtalk News Bureau, issued on January 16, 2025, the LBS Workers Union Leadership alleged a lot of things against Mr. Fahngon outlined in ten (10) counts.
In the statement signed and approved by the LBS Workers Union Secretary Kolubah Zayzay and the president, Joseph Siryon, they also informed President Boakai about their plight and demanded actions to ensure corrective measures.
The workers say they have kept their silence for long time not because they are weak or have not been suffering from the effect of Fahngon’s abusive, manipulative, and dysfunctional leadership style for almost a year now.
“Ladies and gentlemen of the press, we have been silent not because we are weak or not because we have not been suffering the effect of Mr. Fahngon’s abusive, manipulative, and dysfunctional leadership style; a leadership style that has painfully subjected employees of LBS to labor abuse, and has unfortunately created a hostile working environment at LBS.”
In their counts, they accused him of the unilateral suspension of all benefits for employees and other staff of LBS, as spelled out in the System’s Human Resource Manual for workers.
Another thing is alleged autocratic and authoritarian behavior, coupled with his lack of understanding and empathy for staff of LBS, which have led to the alleged creation of a hostile working atmosphere at the national broadcaster.
The workers say the LBS Head arbitrarily and illegally dismissed Mr. Peter Clinton, an employee of the operations department.
They also lamented the incrimination of employees without evidence, largely based on false allegations, which sometimes leads to heavy-handed administrative actions to the detriment of workers.
In counts five, six and seven, the workers’ accusations are explained: “Mr. Fahngon’s constant interference into LBS Workers Union’s matters, especially regarding the operations of the worker’s canteen. Selective application of the LBS HR Manual to the detriment of LBS workers. Constantly issuing threats and targeting for dismissal, employees and contractors assigned with his colleagues in Senior Management (Deputy Director General) positions, largely on suspicion of their alleged disagreement with Mr. Fahngon over policy matters.”
According to them, he abolished the year-end bonus to workers (widely referred to by staffers and past management teams as “13th Month”), based on personal preference or choice rather than any objective reasoning or logic.
In continuation, the LBS Director General’s failure to provide insurance for workers after making empty promises to do so in less than four months’ time in collaboration with the LBS Workers Union’s leadership is another point.
Count ten (10) reads: “Using as his reliance, a draconian instrument, Decree 88 A, to suppress free speech and enforce his unethical and abusive leadership decisions at LBS.”
The workers furthered in their claims that Mr. Fahngon has remained adamant to their recommendations meant to improve things at the station.
They stated that they are even more disappointed because when Mr. Fahngon first took over as Director General of LBS, he made employees of the system to believe that they were sitting on a gold mine but they were being enslaved and that he had come to change the narratives for the better.
The press statement also noted that when Mr. Fahngon told them from the onset that the station will never be the same, he meant retrogression because even the Christmas party for children has been cancelled under his watch.
They spoke that Mr. Fahngon does not care about the workers’ well-being but raising his weekly allowance to one thousand five hundred United States Dollars (1,500 USD) from seven hundred and fifty United States Dolars (750 USD).
They demanded the following actions to be taken by Mr. Fahngon within seventy-two (2) hours including the restoration of all benefits of the workers, as enshrined within the HR Manual of LBS, that Mr. Fahngon immediately rescinds from intimidating workers of LBS to ensure labor harmony, that Mr. Fahngon commits himself to ceasing or completely stopping the targeting and threatening with dismissal, employees and contractors and working with his colleagues in top management, who differ with him on policy issues.
They want him to stay clear of all matters that have to do with LBS workers managing the institution’s canteen because long before he became Director General, the canteen has always been the workers’ center;
They demand with immediate effect, the reinstatement of Mr. Peter Clinton, whom tey claimed he allegedly dismissed arbitrarily and illegally and that Mr. Fahngon makes a commitment that he will stop the intimidation and molestation of workers and that he will, going forward, allow all workers to freely speak and do their jobs freely and peacefully.
Meanwhile, Mr. Fahngon has promised to address the media in response to the workers’ allegations against him by 2:30 PM on January 17, 2025.
He wrote on his offcial Facebook page: “TOMORROW FRIDAY AT 2:30 PM. ON LBS COMPOUND, I WILL ADDRESS THE MEDIA ON FALSE ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST ME WITH PHHYSICAL AND MATERIAL EVIDENCE.”
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