MONROVIA, Jan. 22 -- The Ministry of Labor and the Liberia Immigration Service has responded to FrontPageAfrica report on the bidding process for the supply of digitalized Residence and Work Permits in which sources familiar with the development informed this paper of an alleged attempt by the Labor Ministry to favor one company in the bidding process.

According to the Labor Ministry, it has followed all the Public Procurement Concession laws regarding the bid which is still ongoing.

In a joint statement, the two agencies of government stated that over the years, revenues were lost by the continuous use of manual system in processing of Work and Resident Permits, therefore, they decided to digitalize work and resident permits with the obj...