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Aviation agencies’ 50% revenue deduction hampering air safety-say controllers

Posted on by Wole Shadare
Aviation agencies’ 50% revenue deduction hampering air safety-say controllers

   NATCA to join strike, shut down sector on Sept 18  Air Traffic Controllers under the aegis of Nigeria Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) has demanded immediate exemption of the aviation agencies from 50%Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) deduction from source by the Federal Government. The group further stated that the action of the government is posing a huge threat to aviation and airspace safety. Drawing attention to how the policy is severely undermining the safety…

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Again, unions to shut down aviation over 50% agencies’ deduction

Posted on by Wole Shadare
Again, unions to shut down aviation over 50% agencies’ deduction

  Again, the various unions in the aviation industry have threatened to down tools and paralyse activities over what they termed the near insolvency of the agencies over the 50 per cent deduction at the source of their revenue. The unions comprising the National Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Association of Nigeria Aviation Practitioners ( ANAP), National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees…

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Aviation agencies reel under 50% revenue deduction yoke

Posted on by Wole Shadare
Aviation agencies reel under 50% revenue deduction yoke

  The recent hike in en-route navigational charges by the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) before it was upturned by Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo may have come as a result of survival pressure. The agencies reel under the 50% deduction yoke, writes, WOLE SHADARE Minister overrules The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo’s quick intervention in the hike in en-route navigation charges was very timely as it provided the Nigerian…

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Airlines, agencies, others jostle for ‘meagre’ 20 million yearly traffic

Posted on by Wole Shadare
Airlines, agencies, others jostle for ‘meagre’ 20 million yearly traffic

Figure underscores aviation in Nigeria as small, weak Economy responsible for low travel propensity   Nigeria’s annual passenger traffic which oscillates between 18 and 20 million underscores how small, weak and fragmented the country’s aviation is currently. This story is a paradox of sorts, given that the geography, as well as the demographic profile in Nigeria, favours air travel. This huge gap is further made worse by the recent hike in fares by airlines who…

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