CSAL Pres. Moibah K. Johnson (middle) Flanked by CSAL’s Executives
The Civil Servants Association of Liberia (CSAL) has strongly criticized the just released 2026 national budget by the Executive Branch of government for what it described as total deceit by not increasing civil servants’ salaries as was proffered in a joint resolution on November 5, 2024.
Releasing a position statement on the 2026 proposed national budget Wednesday November 12, 2025, the President of the Civil Servant Association of Liberia Moibah K. Johnson said : “We are a bit surprised that the upward increment in our national budget captured Ministries, Agencies and Commissions (MACs) leaving civil servants salary untouched when in fact last year November 5, 2024 the Consortium of Public Sector Workers of Liberia pin pointed the harmonization of their salary in 2019 and the excessive personal income tax (22%) as impediments to their monthly salaries in a joint resolution presented to government”.
Mr. Johnson said these two paramount issues were part of a comprehensive joint resolution sent to the Minister of Finance, the National Legislature, and the office of the President Pro-tempo of the Liberian senate, adding that not to see these concerns as priority in the budget preparation is a disservice and insensitivity to the role civil servants continued to play in achieving government’s policy driven initiatives.
Flanked by executive officials of the CSAL and officials from MACs’ leadership, Mr. Johnson in no uncertain terms reminded government that the National Remuneration and Standardization Act of 2019 has four key principles that guide the reform process saying they include: affordability, equity, transparency, and competitiveness.
He intoned that the CSAL strongly believes that these four key principles are not being adhered to by government thus violating the Act as it calls for equity in personnel standardized salary structures across government.
The CSAL head who warned government not civil servants for granted, urged the National Legislature to exercise due diligence in reviewing the budget and give full consideration to the increment in salaries for all public sector workers as part of its approval process.
Mr. Moibah however, stated that his leadership stands ready to constructively engage national stakeholders in a dialogue mainly on issues that will secure dignity, equity, and the wellbeing of civil servants.
In a related development, the Civil Servant Association of Liberia (CSAL) is meanwhile commending the Government of Liberia for the presentation of a landmark US$1.2 billion draft fiscal budget 2026 to the National Legislature of Liberia.
The organization describes the move as a milestone and significant leap in the nation’s economic planning moving from the previous budget of over US$800, million to now US1.2 billion and making increment in the entire public sector including the Ministry of Education and other public higher learning institutions across the country, among others.
The CSAL acknowledges that this expanded budget provides an unprecedented opportunity to address the needs of civil servants as they are the backbone of government’s operation and as such their concerns must be reflected in the allocated budget.
Mr. Johnson reiterated that civil servants across the country continued to play a vital role in ensuring that government’s programs and policies are effectively implemented as such their welfare must claim the paramount attention of government.