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Buhari Administration Bans 91 Billionaires, Vips’ Jets, Insists On N30bn Duty
The Federal Authorities has charged the Nigeria Customs Service to limit some 91 personal jets which can be the properties of rich Nigerians over their reported refusal to pay import duties estimated round N30bn.
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In keeping with paperwork obtained by The Punch, Comptroller-Common of Customs, Col Hameed Ali, (retd.) was charged by the FG to deal with a letter to the related authorities together with the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, and the Nigerian Airspace Administration Company telling them to cease the personal jets as quickly as attainable.
The NCAA letter learn partially, “The Federal Authorities in its drive for enhanced revenues has mandated the Nigeria Customs Service to right away get better from defaulting personal plane homeowners the required statutory import duties on their imported plane.
“You could want to recall the verification train carried out by the NCS, initially scheduled for a 14 day interval, however magnanimously prolonged over a 60-day interval from seventh June by means of 6 August 2021, following a World Press Convention held on thirty first Could 2021. The end result of the aforementioned verification train is a compilation of all personal plane imported into the nation with out cost of statutory import obligation.
“The Nigeria Customized Service, according to its statutory features, is empowered by Half 111 Sections 27, 35, 37, 45,46, 47, 52, 56,63 & 64; Half XI Sections 144, 145, 155, 160, 161& 164 and Half XII Sections 167, 168, 169, 173 & 174 of the Customs and Excise Administration Act.”
“On this regard subsequently, your full cooperation is being solicited to make sure the success of this initiative and that each one such personal plane homeowners or representatives are denied administrative and operational flight clearances indefinitely, till an NCS issued Plane Clearance Certificates is procured and introduced to your organisation as proof of compliance.
“For the avoidance of doubt, ALL plane operated in accordance with the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority’s regulation for the issuance of Allow for Non-Business Flight and people issued with Flight Operations Clearance Certificates and Upkeep Clearance Certificates accordingly are affected by this directive.
“Please discover hooked up the checklist of all verified plane and certainly others of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority’s register, which can not have come ahead on your file and mandatory motion. Strict compliance with this directive is to be ensured. Please settle for the assurances of my highest regards and esteem as all the time.”
Buhari Administration Bans 91 Billionaires, Vips’ Jets, Insists On N30bn Obligation
