15/02/2024
730 unrecognized employees on MoS payroll
Liberia news The New Dawn Liberia, premier resource for latest news / New Dawn / 5 hours ago
By Ethel A. Tweh
The names of over 730 unrecognized employees have been discovered on a supplementary payroll at the Ministry of State for Presidential Affairs, a presidential nominee has disclosed.
Deputy Minister of State for Presidential Affairs for Administration-designate, Atty. Cornelia Kruah Togba reported the figure following the conduct of an assessment.
Atty. Togba appeared at the Liberian Senate on Wednesday, 14 February 2024 for her confirmation hearing before the Committee on Executive chaired by Maryland County Senator James Biney.
The Deputy Minister for Administration-designate told the Senate Committee that the supplementary payroll was privately managed by the Ministries of Finance and Development Planning and State for Presidential Affairs under the former Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) government.
She explained that despite such a huge financial burden on the ministry, the institution also has 385 employees recognized by the Civil Service Agency as legitimate staff plus.
But she was blunt that the over 730 unrecognized employees had pushed the total staff to over 1,000.
She said the Senior Management Team of the Ministry of State is currently working with the Civil Service Agency (CSA) and the Governance Commission to do a total assessment of the institution.
She said the plan is to ensure that staffers there work effectively and efficiently, and resources of the country are used.
“We are currently working with the CSA and the Governance Commission to do a total assessment of the ministry so that we ensure that we do not just have employees at the Ministry of State but people’s time, energy and the positions they serve in contribute to the overall efficiency of the ministry and the resources of Liberia are used effectively,” she added.
Due to the over 730 extra employees, Atty. Togba said the m
