The Civil Service Agency (CSA) says it has blocked 388 government employees based on analysis reports of their attendance records following the verification and headcount exercise conducted at their respective entities.
The Agency went further to recommend actions of dismissal, one-month suspension without pay, and issuance of warning letters to persons found in this category.
Speaking Tuesday, August 13, 2024, CSA Director General Josiah F Joekai said this recommendation, when implemented, would save the government monthly amount US$373,449.58 and US$804,632.20 for the remaining five months in 2024.
He said spending entities included in this report are the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Labor, Liberia Broadcasting System, Governance Commission, among others.
Director Joekai further noted that on July 4, 2024, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., officially launched the Employee Status Regularization Project (ESRP).
According to him, immediately after the launch, the CSA deployed teams across five regions of the country to conduct the employee verification and headcount exercise across government functionaries.
The exercise aim to achieve identify legitimate employees on the government’s payroll, regularize the employment status of civil servants who did not complete Personnel Actions Notices (PAN) in keeping with Section 35 1-6 of the Revised Human Resources Policy Manual but are already on the payroll, and Identify and collect pertinent missing employee data to update the relevant fields on the payroll.
Meanwhile, the CSA has requested the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC) to immediately relieve nine employees who have consistently engaged in dangerous and destructive social media campaigns against public officials, particularly targeting the President of Liberia.
He said these actions have caused significant harm to the reputation and image of the MCC, and the negative portrayal of government officials by these unscrupulous employees has far-reaching effects on the individuals concerned and the government as a whole.
Joekai said such unacceptable and sustained behavior on social media is incompatible with the status of the employees in question. “Therefore, the MCC must consider terminating their services and promptly notify the CSA of this action.”
