Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, yesterday issued a 14-day ultimatum to all debtor airlines to pay up the five per cent Ticket Sales Charge, TSC, and Cargo Sales Charge, CSC, to the authority.
Disclosing this development to newsmen, General Manager Public Affairs, Mr. Fan Ndubuoke, said that erring airlines would be sanctioned at the expiration of the 14 days ultimatum, stressing that failure to comply with the directive of remittance of the outstanding payments; the Authority would enforce the provisions of section 27(3) of the Civil Aviation Act.
Ndubuoke said “NCAA would take all measures contained therein to enforce collection of the debts.”
According to him, the ultimatum was a final notice to all erring airline operators noting that at the expiration of the ultimatum, names of the debtor airlines would be published in most of the national dailies if they refused to comply.
He said “In addition, the names of the debtor airlines and amount 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.”
He lamented that offending airlines had failed to offset the accumulated debts despite several appeals, reconciliation meetings, visits and reminders
