Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has said that if airlines fail to make necessary remittances within two weeks, it will publish the names and amount owed by each airline.
The remittances include five per cent Ticket Sales Charge and Cargo Sales Charge to it. General Manager, Public Affairs, NCAA, Mr. Fan Ndubuoke told Punch that “The NCAA will, therefore, take all measures contained therein to enforce the collection of the debts.
“In addition, the names of the debtor airlines and amounts owed shall be published in at least five national dailies.
“The names of the promoters of these airlines, directors and other related parties will be included in the publication upon the expiration of this ultimatum.
“Importantly, the authority wishes to inform the general public that the five per cent ticket and cargo sales charges represent charges collected at source from the travelling public by airlines on behalf of civil aviation agencies.
“However, its non-remittance as at when due is tantamount to a breach of trust and a violation of the above provision. Therefore, the authority is issuing the ultimatum to the operators who have collected but failed to remit same to the authority to do that within two weeks.”