By Francis Ogwo
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has disclosed that it has reached an agreement with airlines in the country towards reconciliation and repayment of debts owed the agency.
This was made public to newsmen by the Director-General, NCAA, Captain Musa Nuhu, during a visit to his office by the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation led by Nnolim Nnaji on Wednesday.
Nuhu said: “Under your guidance, we have carried on that agreement that we had. We had a meeting with the operators on the issue of the debt collection and agreed to notify each airline on the level of debt that they have.
“We will sit down with them and do the reconciliation. We will then implement a payment plan. We do not expect everyone to pay all their money at a go because of the difficulties in the industry and economic downturn.”
The NCAA boss assured that the agreement would benefit all parties involved when concluded.
Recall that the Minster of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, had revealed that the local airlines’ total debt burden to regulatory agencies which were incurred within the period of 10 years stood at N22bn as at November, 2020.
