"Relocate Your Aircrafts Now": FG Orders Clear-out of Private Jets in Abuja Airport
- The Federal Government has ordered private jet owners to remove their aircrafts from the Abuja airport
- The directive was contained in a circulation signed by the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria
- The directive is in preparation for the presidential inauguration of the new president later this month.
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The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria ordered owners of private jets stationed at the General Aviation Terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to immediately relocate them.
According to Punch, this order follows preparations ahead of the May 29, 2023, inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria's next president.
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According to a May 8, 2023 circular signed by the FAAN's Regional Manager, Kabir Mohammed, and addressed to aircraft operators, the new directive to remove the private jets is based on the need to ensure the airport's safety during the presidential inauguration.
The circular with reference number: FAAN/ABJ/NAIA /RGM/NC/AM/1000/VOl-1 read:
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This is to inform you of a need to temporarily relocate your aircraft to alternate airports due to the upcoming Presidential Inauguration slated for May 29, 2023.
The Presidential Inauguration is a high-security event, and in order to ensure the safety and security of parties involved, it has become necessary to temporarily relocate all aircraft parked at the GAT to alternate airports. To this end, you are kindly requested to relocate your aircraft on or before 22 May 2023.
For clarity, the directive by FAAN does not affect commercial aircrafts but private aircrafts which are usually owned by wealthy Nigerians and organisations who do not have aircraft hangar to park their jets.
Angry Private Jet Owners Sue Nigerian Government Over N30 Billion Tax
In a related news, Legit.ng reported that private jet owners have instituted a suit against the Federal Government over the latter's plan to ground aircrafts over the refusal of their owners to pay import duty.
It would be recalled that Nigeria Customs Service has announced plans to bar some private jets belonging to wealthy Nigerians from flying after they refused to comply by paying the import duty.
Approving the decision by the Customs, FG directed that the Service collaborates with Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to ground the affected private jets.
Some of the affected private jet owners have taken their case to the Federal High Court, Abuja to determine their liability to pay the duty.
Source: Legit.ng
