By Our Reporter
In a bid to recover import duties from certain private jet owners in the country, the Nigeria Customs Service, on behalf of the federal government has grounded no fewer than 60 private jets across major airports in Nigeria.
According to the PUNCH reports. private jet hangars in Lagos and Abuja airports were allegedly sealed up.
The PUNCH also reported that the VIP owners of the grounded luxury private jets, which include bank chiefs and multinational oil companies among other individuals, have started lobbying the Presidency to seek the release of their .aircraft.
According to the officials of the Nigeria Customs Service and others in the aviation sector the grounded aircraft include Bombardier BD-700 Global 6000, BD-700 Global 6500, BD-700 Global 7500, among others.
They stated that duties are not being paid on the majority of private jets by their owners, promoting men of the NCS to recover unpaid import duties running into billions of naira.
The NCS has called upon private jet owners to go on a verification exercise with the government, this is with a view to determining defaulters in the payment of import duty.
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