NCAA, experts clash over 5% air ticket charge
Meanwhile, under the revenue sharing formula contained in the Nigeria Civil Aviation Act, 2022, proceeds from the five per cent TSC/CSC collected on passenger tickets and cargo are distributed among the NCAA, which receives 56 per cent; NAMA 22 per cent; the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, nine per cent; Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, NCAT, seven per cent; and the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, six per cent.
By Dickson Omobola Stakeholders in the country’s aviation sector have deepened calls for a review of the sharing formula of the five per cent Ticket Sales Charge/Cargo Sales Charge, TSC/CSC, saying the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, required a larger share of the revenue to upgrade air navigation infrastructure.
However, a bill currently before the National Assembly, which has passed second reading, seeks to amend the sharing formula by reducing the NCAA’s allocation from 56 per cent to 40 per cent, while increasing NAMA’s share from 22 per cent to 40 per cent.
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