Nigeria: Reps Want Military Officials Exempted From Airport Toll Fees

22 May 2024
Daily Trust (Abuja)
By Balarabe Alkassim

The House of Representatives has directed the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, to mandate the relevant authorities to exempt members of the Armed Forces from tollgate fees and parking payments in airports nationwide.

This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by Rep. Abdussamad Dasuki at plenary on Tuesday.

Presenting the motion, he said members of the Armed Forces were subjected to paying for access to airports where they were also expected to protect citizens and foreigners alike whether or not they are on duty and even while they were passengers themselves.

He recalled that the minister of Aviation was reported to have announced on May 14 that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had approved the cancellation of all exemptions on airport access payments for VIPs in Nigeria due to the huge revenue losses they caused to the federal government.

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