“In 2013, 3,603 work permits were issued, while in 2014 some 3,027 and 2016, 3,715 work permits were also issued, totaling 10,440 permits,” Nyandibo indicated and admitted that for 2015 and 2017 there is no record of work permits issued to aliens. He named the categories of work permits issued to aliens as regular, gratis, and ECOWAS. ECOWAS work permit gives the right to ECOWAS citizen to enter, reside, and establish economic activities in the territory of other member states. Gratis work permits are also issued to people that enter the country for humanitarian purposes for a short period of time and the regular work permit is issued to non-Liberians to reside and work in the country. For 2016 up to 2017, the LRA raised US$3,782,860 and L$295,850 from the regular work permit; US$168,150, L$9,700 from gratis, and US$113,700, L$523,600 from the ECOWAS work permit, according to the document.

Source: Daily Observer February 15, 2018 02:26 UTC