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INSECURITY: Nigeria Customs Summons Private Aircraft Owners For Verification Principles nigerianobservernews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nigerianobservernews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tue Jun 01 2021 The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said it will begin a verification exercise for all private jet owners from June 7 to July 6, 2021 for documentation. Speaking during a press conference in Abuja on Monday, the spokesman of the service, Deputy Comptroller Joseph Attah, said the exercise was necessitated by the economic and security situations of the country and would be carried out in strict compliance with all regulations of the country. “Due to the reluctance of some highly placed individuals to pay taxes, the Nigeria Customs Service will be taking stock of all privately owned aircraft in the country. This is to ensure strict compliance with all relevant regulations governing the importation of such aircraft,” he said. ....
The service’s Deputy Comptroller, Joseph Attah, disclosed this yesterday at a press briefing in Abuja. Attah said failure to comply with the verification mandate would be met with appropriate sanctions. He said, “In line with the need to ensure strict compliance with all regulations, especially at this time of challenging security situation and reluctance of some highly placed individuals to pay taxes, Nigeria Customs Service will be taking stock of all privately owned aircraft in the country. “Consequently, Nigeria Customs Service, in line with its statutory functions as provided for in Part III Sections 27, 35, 37, 45, 46, 47, 52, 56, 63 & 64; Part XI Sections 144, 145, 155, 160, 161 & 164 and Part XII Sections 167, 168, 169, 173 and 174 of the Customs and Excise Management Act, hereby invites all owners of private aircraft in the country to come forward with their relevant importation clearance documents for verification.” ....
Attah said this was paramount considering security challenges in the country and reluctant of some highly placed individuals to pay taxes. He stated that this development would ensure strict compliance with all relevant regulations governing importations of such airplanes. “Consequently, Nigeria Customs Service in line with its statutory functions as provided for in part III sections 27, 35, 37, 45, 46, 47, 52, 56, 63 and 64. “Part XI sections 144, 145, 155, 160, 161 and 164 as well as part XII sections 167, 168, 169, 173 and 174 of the Customs and Excise Management Act (CEMA). “We hereby invite all the owners of Private Aircrafts in the country to come forward with their relevant importation clearance documents for verification. “The expected documents are aircrafts certificate of registration, NCAA’s Flight Operations Compliance Certificate (FOCC) and NCAA’s Maintenance Compliance Certificate. ....