The Federal Government, through the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has ordered its directorates to suspend services to 11 domestic airlines.
The NCAA also placed them on its updated “No-Pay-No-Service”
list over unpaid statutory charges owed to the regulator.
An internal memo by the agency’s Director of Finance and
Accounts, Olufemi Odukoya, ordered all departments to withhold regulatory and
administrative services from the affected operators until they clear their
outstanding debts or agree on repayment plans.
According to the agency, at the centre of the dispute are
the five per cent Ticket Sales Charge and Cargo Sales Charge, funds collected
by airlines on behalf of the NCAA to support safety oversight, personnel
training and economic regulation within the aviation sector.
The memo also directed all directorates to suspend services
to the affected airlines pending financial clearance from the Directorate of
Finance and Accounts.
The memo was circulated across the authority’s regional
offices and copied to the Director-General of Civil Aviation and other senior
officials.
According to the memo, airlines affected by the directive
include “Air Peace Limited, Ibom Air Limited, Arik Air Limited, United Nigeria
Airlines, Umza Air, NG Eagle, Max Air Limited, Caverton Helicopters, Overland
Airways, Rano Air and ValueJet.”
“We have directed that no directorate should render any
service to the above airline without financial clearance from the director of
finance and accounts,” NCAA said.
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