Monrovia, Liberia – A monthly wage expenditure of US$23.5 million has been found by CSA to be excessively large, covering 67,746 employees spread among 103 government spending bodies.
The CSA Director General, Josiah Joekai, revealed stark evidence of pervasive inconsistencies, inefficiencies, and irregularities plaguing the organization during a regular press briefing at the Ministry of Information on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.
DG Joekai stated that concerning results were obtained from the CSA’s basic employee headcount exercise at a few expenditure institutions, particularly the Ministry of State for Presidential Affairs.
He referred to these as “ghost employees” because they showed that roughly 69 people could not be fully accounted for.
Director General Joekai further disclosed that 98 Liberia National Police employees were still unaccounted for, which led to concerns about the possibility of staff working for the organization.
Those employed as of December 18, 2023, were immediately withdrawn from the payroll, and their payments were halted by the Civil Service Agency under the leadership of Josiah Joekai.
According to him, this goes against the order from former President George Weah to halt the issuance of new employment and service contracts for all government agencies.
