Internal Crisis Erupts in NAAPE over NCAA, NAMA Contest on 5% TSC Sharing Formula

Internal Crisis Erupts in NAAPE over NCAA, NAMA Contest on 5% TSC Sharing Formula

Chinedu Eze

There is a growing internal crisis in the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) over the jostle for more funds from the five per cent Ticket Sales Charge (TSC) between the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA).

The National Assembly is in the process of reallocating the sharing formula of the revenues that accrue from TSC that run into billions of naira per annum, which is shared among five aviation agencies.

The National Assembly is considering reducing the percentage of what NCAA gets from the revenue from 56 per cent to 40 per cent, while it plans to increase that of NAMA from 22 per cent to 40 per cent and this has created rift between the two agencies.