Civil Service Agency (CSA) has embarked on a decentralization agenda, which Director-General Josiah F. Joekai Jr. says is intended to make government human resource services more accessible to civil servants across Liberia.
Speaking in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County, where the CSA is constructing a regional headquarters that will provide services to five southeastern counties, Director Joekai said the initiative is aimed at addressing the challenges civil servants outside Monrovia face in accessing essential human resource management services.
He said the regional facilities are expected to bring services such as payroll, personnel management and credential verification closer to civil servants, reducing the need for public employees to travel to Monrovia to resolve administrative issues.
Dr. Joekai said the Zwedru regional headquarters will serve Grand Gedeh, Sinoe, River Gee, Maryland and Grand Kru counties, making it a major hub for civil service administration in southeastern Liberia.
According to him, the Zwedru facility is part of a broader national strategy to establish regional CSA offices in strategic parts of the country.
He disclosed that the Agency has already dedicated a renovated regional headquarters in Tubmanburg, Bomi County, which will serve Bomi, Gbarpolu and Grand Cape Mount counties.
The CSA is also constructing another regional headquarters in Gbarnga, Bong County, which will serve Bong, Nimba and Lofa counties.
Dr. Joekai said the Agency is also seeking the necessary resources to commence construction of another regional headquarters in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, to serve counties in the central region.
He credited the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning for providing financial support toward the construction of the Zwedru and Gbarnga facilities, describing the partnership as important to the Agency’s decentralization efforts.
The CSA Director-General emphasized that decentralizing the Agency’s operations is not merely an infrastructure initiative but part of broader efforts to improve the efficiency and accessibility of Liberia’s public service system.
He said bringing civil service administration closer to employees in the counties would help reduce delays and other difficulties associated with accessing government human resource services from Monrovia.
The Zwedru regional headquarters is being constructed on two lots within the compound of the Grand Gedeh County Administration Building. The land was donated by the county authorities in May 2026.
The facility is being constructed by Xcellence Group of Companies Incorporated, a 100 percent Liberian-owned company, with completion expected within 150 days.
The project is expected to strengthen the CSA’s presence in southeastern Liberia and improve access to civil service-related services for public servants in the five counties.
The Zwedru project forms part of the CSA’s broader national effort to decentralize government human resource management and ensure that public servants can access essential services without having to travel long distances to Monrovia.
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