Judicial staff right here, who’re present process verification and credentials audit, have vehemently challenged employment statistics launched by the Civil Service Company, placing the overall staff within the Judiciary at 1,517.
By Lincoln G. Peters
Monrovia, Liberia; August 29, 2025 – Liberia’s newly commissioned Chief Justice, His Honor, Yamie QuiQui Gbeisay, Sr., complete personnel verification and credentials audit throughout the judiciary department of presidency was greeted with resistance and criticism on Thursday, August 28, 2025, following a 2019 employment information from the Civil Service Company.
Each the Judiciary and the Civil Service Company formally launched the great personnel verification and credentials audit right here, for the judiciary. Through the event, Dr. Josiah Joekai, Director Normal of the Civil Service Company, acknowledged that the common workforce of the judiciary includes 1,517 staff, primarily based on the 2019 information accessible.
Primarily based on the information offered, your entire Supreme Court docket Convention Room was full of staff of the judiciary and judges, who shouted in protest, difficult that the information is inaccurate and might’t be used as a result of it has an expiration date of roughly six years.
In keeping with some staff who spoke on situation of anonymity, the information quoted by the CSA boss doesn’t align with up to date instances, because the variety of staff has elevated since that point, and they’re conscious of this as a result of they’re immediately paying judicial staff.
“For the CSA boss to say that the present workforce staff of the Judiciary that they’re paying is one thousand, 5 hundred seventeen, and utilizing 2019 information for 2025, is depraved and evil, as a result of the information shouldn’t be correct and complete. He is aware of the quantity; due to this fact, let him cease the deceitful act and witch-hunting.” The upset staff counter.
Chief Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay, Sr., on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, ordered a complete Personnel Verification and Credential Audit throughout the Judiciary Department of Authorities.
The train is being executed in partnership with the Civil Service Company (CSA). Commencing August 28 and operating by September 4, 2025, the audit will initially concentrate on the first and sixth Judicial Circuits in Montserrado County, together with the Temple of Justice and several other magisterial courts.
In keeping with an announcement from the Judiciary’s Public Data Workplace, the audit goals to make sure that all judicial personnel possess requisite tutorial {qualifications} {and professional} expertise to successfully perform their duties.
Formally remarking throughout this system, Chief Justice Gbeisay expressed his appreciation and gratitude to the CSA for honoring his request and becoming a member of the Judiciary in efforts to save lots of waste and make the federal government efficient, environment friendly, and competent.
In keeping with him, the Judiciary department of presidency is an establishment of integrity; due to this fact, to erase the perceptions of corruption within the judiciary, they’ve determined to first interact the credibility people in positions.
“In line with our imaginative and prescient to reform the judiciary, we right this moment embark on the essential want to revive and enhance integrity within the judiciary; we have now determined to interact in a strong and clear private verification and credentials audit of our staff. This audit and verification will allow us to take care of the very best commonplace of transparency and accountability. Allow us to make sure that this course of works. Allow us to be cooperative. I wish to thank the CSA boss and his workforce for coming to assist us on this work freed from cost”, he mentioned.
In response, the Director Normal of the CSA, Josiah Joekai, disclosed that the CSA already has the payroll of the Judiciary due to this fact, it’s simpler for them to do the verification, as staff shall be verified with their Nationwide Identification Quantity within the system from the final digit, which is able to carry your entire info of an worker and later finish with the file info administration.
In keeping with him, the method will contain staff bringing their credentials, taking part in a head depend to determine ghost staff, and reclassification, all with the consent of the establishment by its Human Assets Division’s approval, to make sure the method proceeds easily.
Nonetheless, he clarified that if ghost names are recognized on the payroll, they’ll instantly block such names till they will show in any other case, because the train is meant to make sure that the federal government saves cash and removes incompetent personnel from the payroll to reclassify the system.
“As we have been coming right here and referred to as upon to do the audit, we determined to return and share with you the information of your workforce to provide us an image. As of 2019, we realized that the Judiciary’s workforce includes 1,517 staff throughout your entire judiciary department and all counties. We additionally realized that of that quantity, 275 are primarily based in Montserrado County, amounting to about 15.2%. So, the 275 staff in Montserrado, we wish to see them and know who they’re, what they’re doing, and their {qualifications} for these positions. So, we break the judiciary workforce down per county.” Josiah concluded. Enhancing by Jonathan Browne
