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Liberia to retire 2,718 civil servants at end of December

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Liberia’s Civil Service Agency will retire 2,718 employees from seven public entities on 31 December 2026, following a census across the 15 counties. Its Director General Josiah Joekai said 117 files of retirees from 2020 to 2024 remain unpaid, according to The New Dawn.

Liberia’s Civil Service Agency (CSA) will retire 2,718 employees from seven government spending entities on 31 December 2026. Its Director General, Josiah F. Joekai, announced this on Tuesday 10 November at the Ministry of Information’s press briefing in Monrovia.

The retirements stem from a nationwide pre-retirement counselling and data collection exercise carried out in the 15 counties, which identified 2,835 employees. The other 117 cases concern former civil servants who left between 2020 and 2024 and still do not receive their pension, Joekai explained. The exercise aimed to identify eligible employees, verify employment records and facilitate their enrolment in the pension system.

In 2024, the CSA had carried out a similar exercise with the social security fund NASSCORP, which had identified 1,403 potential retirees. Pension payment delays and incomplete files have long been criticised.

The announcement follows the state’s efforts to clean up its payroll: on 20 October, Liberia wanted to make public salaries conditional on verified staff numbers.

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