The Federal Government has asked owners of private jets to provide their documents for verification.
It gave the order through the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in an effort to identify private aircraft imported into the country without due process
The exercise which is aimed at optimizing revenue collection commences on Wednesday 19th of June and is expected to last for 30 days.
The venue for verification is the Tariff and Trade Department Room, Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters at No 4 Abidjan Street, Wuse, Zone 3 in Abuja.
The statement says the verification exercise would hold from 10 AM to 5 PM daily.
The documents owners of privates jets are expected to come with include aircraft Certificate of Registration, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority’s Flight Operation Compliance Certificate, NCAA’s Maintenance Compliance Certificate, NCAA’s Permit for Non-Commercial Flights, and Temporary Import Permit (where applicable).
The development comes one year after the Federal Government suspended the exercise.
The government had planned to recover import duty running into billions of naira from some private jet operators who had taken advantage of technical loopholes, to evade the payment of import duty.