The Civil Service Agency (CSA) has launched what it called a ‘headcount exercise’ at the central offices of the 103 spending entities.
The headcount is a part of the Employee’s Status Regularization Project (ESRP) that is coordinated through the office of the Director of Research Strategic Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation to help ensure a clean system of the entity.
Accordingly, the move is part of the employee’s regularization process that is intended to help the Agency identify legitimate government employees through physical headcount, and collect data for missing fields in the Alternative Temporary Payment System (ATAPS) and Civil Management System (CSM).
Speaking during the launch, the head of the exercise, Isaac Gorvego, said the process will cover all 103 government spending entities and is expected to last for about 30 days across the country beginning June 2024.
Mr. Gorvego noted that it will be a robust exercise but cautioned employees of government spending entities to cooperate with the team something; he said, will pave the way for smooth and effective cleanness of government’s payroll and will enable the national government prioritize needed investments.
He named CSA, Mines & Energy, LIPA, Ministry of Education, and National Center for the Coordination of Response Mechanism (NCCRM) as places where the exercise has already commenced.
Meanwhile, the head of the team pointed out that the Liberia Land Authority, Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Public Works are sectors that are ongoing with the process.
It can be recalled, that the head of the Civil Service Agency, Josiah Joekai, pledged during his induction ceremony to help combat corruption and bring sensitivity to government entities, void of the already manipulated payroll of government filled with ghost names to a regularized employee’s status.
Mr. Joekai in his induction speech stressed that he and his team have come to present a vivid picture of government’s accountability and ensure that President Joseph Boakai’s slogan ‘No Business As Usual’ is fully utilized under his watch as Director-General of the lone government entity that seeks the welfare of civil servants across the country.
