Libyan agency calls for a halt to public sector appointments
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The Libyan state agency that oversees government performance has called for the suspension of public sector appointments and contracts due to the excessive wages associated with the increasing number of appointments.
According to Reuters on January 15th, The Administrative Control Authority (ACA) said the number of public sector employees in Libya has reached 2,099,200, with the salary costs of this equaling to 372 billion Libyan dinars over the last 12 years.
An overwhelming majority of Libya’s labour force (89%) is employed in the public sector, the World Bank said in a report last year.
The primarily public oil and gas sector dominates the Libyan economy, accounting for a majority of revenues and exports.
The authority revealed its decision on January 14th , addressing the Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah. He has not yet responded to the statement.
The public sector payroll in Libya has increased by 104% over the last four years.
“(As the) public interest requires, you are requested to suspend all procedures for filling public positions until they are reconsidered,” said the ACA.
The authority argued the rise in the number of public sector employees and their salaries is due to “random procedures, which imposed financial obligations on the public treasury that the state was unable to fulfill.”
Reuters
