Monrovia—The Administration of the state-run College of Liberia (UL) has categorically denied what it describes as false media reviews suggesting that roughly 200 workers are slated for pressured retirement.
By: Yawah Y. Jaivey
In a press release launched in Monrovia on September 7, the UL Administration clarified that the knowledge is fake and deceptive.
The assertion additional indicated that such reviews are meant to stir pointless panic and foster unwell sentiments amongst UL workers and the College’s management, headed by Dr. Layli Maparyan, the sixteenth President of the College of Liberia.
“The UL Administration sternly warns these within the fixed behavior of publishing deceptive details about the College—each within the media and on social platforms—with out searching for affirmation or remark from the Administration,” the assertion learn.
The UL Administration—outlining what it described because the details—defined that in March, the Ministry of Finance and Improvement Planning (MFDP) instructed UL to cut back the portion of its funds allotted to personnel prices—from 90% to 55%—as a way to improve funding for operational bills from 10% to 45%.
In line with the UL Administration, this course of was scheduled to start after the official workers headcount was accomplished by the Normal Auditing Fee (GAC) and submitted on July 31.
The Administration famous that, following this, a payroll and headcount cleanup course of was initiated. This concerned figuring out and eradicating errors, duplications, ghost workers, job abandoners, and different anomalies to assist cut back prices.
The assertion added, “The GAC additionally supplied a provisional record of UL workers whose age or size of service appeared to position them past the statutory retirement threshold for civil servants. Nevertheless, it didn’t account for the truth that civil service legal guidelines apply otherwise to administrative and college workers.”
The UL Administration emphasised that whereas a evaluate of worker age and size of service is underway to make sure compliance with nationwide legal guidelines, any retirement-related choices will probably be dealt with responsibly and confidentially.
“Any modifications in job standing associated to retirement will probably be completely mentioned with the affected workers and won’t be introduced publicly,” the assertion famous.
The assertion continued: “President Maparyan has constantly emphasised the necessity for institutional reforms geared toward making UL extra environment friendly, efficient, and glorious—each operationally and academically. These reforms will all the time take into account the wellbeing of workers and potential retirees.”
Nevertheless, the UL Administration strongly condemned what it referred to as a “reprehensible act” by people who printed fabricated spreadsheets containing illegally obtained private knowledge, in clear violation of privateness legal guidelines.
The UL Administration, nonetheless, warned that such actions not solely create public anxiousness but in addition represent a breach of residents’ rights.
