Nigeria CAA directs domestic scheduled and non-scheduled airlines to pay

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA has directed all domestic scheduled and non-scheduled airline operators in the country to remit  charges meant to be paid to the authority. This is according to a statement from the  CAA's General Manager Public Relations, Sam Adurogboye titled: '' FORWARD ALL UNREMITTED FUNDS IN FULL NOW''.  

The statement in detail:    

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has directed all Airlines (Domestic & Charter) operating in the country to forward in full unremitted funds accruable to the Authority without further delay.

This directive was handed down  at  a meeting with the operators on non-remittance of 5% Ticket, Cargo and Charter Sales Charges [TSA/TCA] held at the Authority's Headquarters Annex Wednesday, 20th April, 2016.

The Director General of the NCAA, Capt.Muhtar Usman presided at the meeting in company of the Authority's top management staff.

According to the DG, the directive is with regards to the 5% TSA/TCA collected at source from the air passengers by the airlines on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria.

These sales charges are to enable all aviation agencies carry out their responsibilities of providing safe, secure and efficient regulatory  services for the overall benefits of all aviation stakeholders.

The meeting cover the following  areas:

It is imperative that all unremitted funds must be forwarded in full to the NCAA immediately. The airlines must desist from using these funds ‘’held in trust’’;

The ongoing 5% Ticket/Cargo/Charter/Sales Charges automation of payments which offers real-time transparent transactions must be completed within two(2) months. This will remove endless reconciliation of data and reduce high debt profile of Airlines to NCAA;

Reconciliation of all outstanding debts must be completed within sixty(60) days;

The 5% Ticket/ Cargo/ Sales Charges must be On Gross Ticket excluding VAT and Passenger Service Charge(PSC) only;

All airlines must provide to the Authority the breakdown of the recently introduced ‘’Taxes+Fees’’ component on all passenger tickets which include the amount due to each Government Agency, i.e

i.)FAAN-Passenger Service Charge (PSC);

           ii.)Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS)-5% VAT; and

           iii.) NCAA 5% Ticket Sales Charges (TSC)

Any add-on charge, surcharge (i.e. fuel surcharges-(YQ, etc) or any other miscellaneous added on passenger ticket must be approved by the Authority before applying these charges on passenger tickets.

After exhaustive deliberations between NCAA team led by the DG on one hand and Operators by Capt Chimara O. Imediegwu of First nation on the other, agreement was reached by all parties on all the issues raised.

The Operators however asked for adjournment till next week Wednesday the 27th of April, 2016 to enable the Airlines hold further consultations on the Time Line and its implementations.

In attendance were  the top  officials from  DANA Airlines, Azman Airlines, Medview Airlines, Chanchangi, Overland Airways etc

Signed:

SAM ADUROGBOYE

GM, PUBLIC RELATIONS,

NCAA.