Our source obtained, exclusively, a correspondence from the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya addressed to the Minister of Finance of the Government of National Unity, calling on entities that have not yet submitted their employees’ data to urgently do so for verification and matching. This comes as the Central Bank is considering restricting salary payments exclusively through the Instant Salary system starting in January.
According to the correspondence, the total number of salaries paid through the Ratibak Lahzi system up to December 2025 reached 1.139 million accounts, out of 2.2 million total government employee accounts. This figure was described as very low compared to the overall number of salaries.
The Governor noted that the primary objective of the system is to update and verify information and data for employees across all state sectors who receive salaries from the public treasury, in order to prevent duplication and control spending on the wage bill, which has come to represent nearly 60% of the state’s general budget. However, the Central Bank has observed delays by some entities in submitting employee data for verification, without justified reasons.
