MONROVIA, LIBERIA-Civil Service Agency (CSA) Director General Dr. Josiah Joekai says 2,718 government employees are expected to retire effective December 31, 2026.
Dr. Joekai said it followed the successful completion of a nationwide pre-retirement counseling and data collection exercise.
Speaking during the Ministry of Information’s regular press briefing on the status of the 2026 retirement process, Dr. Joekai disclosed that the exercise covered all 15 counties and 67 government spending entities, capturing a total of 2,835 employees, including 2,125 males and 593 females scheduled for retirement, alongside 117 outstanding cases from previous years.
According to the CSA Director General, the Ministry of Education accounts for the largest number of employees scheduled for retirement, with 1,400, followed by the Ministry of Health with 300 and the Ministry of Local Government with 297.
He said the three institutions represent approximately 76.9 percent of the 2026 retirement batch.
Dr. Joekai said employees scheduled to retire on December 31, 2026, are expected to begin receiving their monthly pension benefits in January 2027, subject to successful verification and enrollment by the National Social Security and Welfare Corporation (NASSCORP).
He added that eligible retirees will also receive a one-time government retirement handshake package based on their qualifying years of public service.
Meanwhile, the CSA has extended its retirement capture and documentation exercise to November 30, 2026, to accommodate eligible employees who were unable to participate in the initial process.
He said:” Those captured during the extended period are expected to begin receiving their pension benefits in February 2027, including their January entitlement retroactively, subject to verification and enrollment requirements”.
At the same time, the Civil Service Agency has extended the deadline for eligible government employees to complete their retirement documentation to November 30, 2026, as part of efforts to improve pension administration and address outstanding retirement cases.
CSA Director General Dr. Josiah Joekai announced the extension while providing an update on the government’s 2026 retirement process, encouraging civil servants who were not captured during the nationwide exercise to submit their required documents before the new deadline.
Dr. Joekai disclosed that the recent exercise identified 117 individuals who retired between 2020 and 2024 but have yet to begin receiving their pension benefits.
The cases involve 92 males and 25 females across 13 government spending entities, with the Ministry of Education accounting for 42 cases, the Ministry of Local Government 33, and the Ministry of Health 19.
He said the CSA has begun reviewing and compiling the relevant documents before transmitting them to NASSCORP for verification and processing.
The Director General also referenced the 2024 nationwide retirement exercise, during which 294 outstanding pension cases were identified, saying 284 of those cases were subsequently processed, and beneficiaries are now receiving their monthly pension benefits.
He urged human resource directors and officers across government institutions to assist eligible employees in completing the necessary procedures to ensure that no qualified public servant is left out of the retirement process.