The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will not layoff enforcers even as a Commission on Audit report showed that about 2,000 traffic personnel were not qualified for the job, an MMDA official said Thursday.

Newly-appointed MMDA chairman Danilo Lim knew of the 2015 COA report and already ordered a review of the status of enforcers but would not go on a firing spree anytime soon, Mike Salalima, MMDA deputy chief of staff, told reporters.

Salalima said the agency has been holding retraining and refresher courses for its traffic personnel.

The agency is also on the lookout for rogue enforcers who are engaged in extortion and other illegal activities, he said.

Salalima said MMDA had difficulties in recruiting enforcers as the pay is below minimum wage with no benefits.

Chairman Lim has vowed to look into the possibility of upgrading the salary of enforcers, he said.