Monrovia – In its effort to clean ministries and agencies payrolls, the Internal Audit Agency of Liberia (IAA) has concluded the final phase of the payroll verification exercise covering the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Justice sector inclusive of the Liberia National Police (LNP), Liberia Immigration Service (LIS), Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) and the Liberia National Fire Service (LNFS). The actual names for verification were 860 classified as deceased, abandoned, dismissed, not verified, verified, retired, and resigned, the IAA boss said. Based on result from the re-verification exercise, the IAA classified the 860 names as deceased, abandoned, dismissed, not verified, verified, retired, and resigned. The Phase I Verification revealed that out of 5,182 personnel, 3,823 were physically verified while 1,359 personnel were not verified. Based on the results from 2018/2019 Payroll Verification Exercise, the Ministry of Finance & Development Planning deleted 373 names from the payroll and placed a hold on the 433 names based on recommendation.

Source: Front Page Africa August 19, 2020 08:37 UTC