Public Service Clean-Up Commences -As CSA Verifies LIPA Personnel

MONROVIA: Liberia’s The Civil Service Agency (CAS) has launched a four-day personnel and credential verification exercise at the Liberia Institute for Public Administration to strengthen accountability and personnel management.
The exercise, which began Tuesday at LIPA’s headquarters along the Roberts International Airport Highway in Lower Margibi County, is intended to ensure that personnel records are accurate, current, complete, and consistent with public service requirements.
Acting CSA Director-General, Edwin K. Jallah, who officially launched the exercise, said, credible personnel records are essential to effective public sector management and institutional decision-making.
He described the exercise as more than a routine administrative inspection, noting that it is designed to strengthen institutional systems and improve the accuracy and integrity of personnel information.
“This verification exercise will cover personnel files, employment and appointment records, academic and professional credentials, personnel status, and attendance and time records,” Jallah said.
He explained that the CSA is working in coordination with LIPA to establish accurate personnel information, identify documentation gaps, validate existing records, and strengthen administrative procedures.
Welcoming the CSA team, LIPA Deputy Director-General for Administration, Michael Wah said, the exercise is critical to promoting accountability, professionalism, and institutional capacity.
Wah stressed the importance of the exercise to LIPA, given the institution’s mandate to train and develop public servants across Liberia.
Alexander Bassey, Director of the CSA’s Credentials and Integrity Management Division said, the verification process will begin with employees completing consent forms authorizing third-party verification of their academic and professional credentials.
Personnel files will then be reviewed against an established checklist to determine the completeness and authenticity of required documentation.
Bassey said, employees will also have an opportunity to submit missing documents, describing the process as flexible enough to allow personnel to address identified gaps.
The exercise forms part of the CSA’s broader effort to improve the integrity, accuracy, and reliability of personnel records across Liberia’s public service.
Meanwhile, the agency said, accurate personnel data will provide a stronger foundation for workforce management, accountability, institutional planning, and future public-sector decisions.