…Suggests increase in
TSC to 10%
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| L-R; Chairman of the Occasion, Former DG, NCAA, Dr. Harold Demuren; Former Managing Director, SAHCOL, Alhaji Oluropo Owolabi; Former Commissioner AIB, Engr. Sam Oduselu; President Aviation Round Table (ART), Elder Gbenga Olowo MD, Emmanuella Travels, Mrs. Modupe Lawale and during the ART Q1/2016 BREAKFAST Meeting yesterday |
The former
Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Dr. Harold Demuren
stated that the major problem facing the autonomy of the Civil Aviation
Authority all over the world is political interference. He said this at the
just concluded Aviation Round Table breakfast meeting with the theme: Nigeria
Aviation Policy, NCAA Autonomy and Politics, Safety Regulation and Enforcement.
His words: “A major
problem facing CAA autonomy is political interference and it is not limited to
Nigeria. It is happening all over the world.”
Demuren also suggests
that the Federal Government can increase the Ticket Sales Charge to 10 per cent
from the current 5 per cent for the government to have return on investment
since the foreign airlines might not be paying royalties on Bilateral Air
Service Agreement (BASA) anymore.
“Sometimes in the 80s,
there was proposal when the Ticket Sales Charge was introduced to make it 10
per cent, but it was cut to 5 per cent. At that time the government was doing
so much, building airports, buying aircraft and so on, hence the need for the
charge at that time. The government can increase it to 10 per cent at least to
earn return on investment”
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