The Nation Newspaper Fed Govt decries money laundering, drug trafficking via private aircraft
Aviation and Aerospace Development Minister Festus Keyamo, who raised the flag, said Nigeria is losing billions of dollars to the activities of money launderers and drug dealers.
“These illicit activities have not only resulted in significant financial losses to the Federal Government, but have also raised security and safety concerns as the operations of private aircraft owners have remained largely unchecked and unregulated. “So, when you say it is non-commercial, they are billed very small amount and when you want to run commercial operations, they bill you more which goes into the federation account and we generate yearly billions of naira from such licenses as federal government.
“Today, I am pleased to announce the establishment of the Ministerial Task Force on Illegal Private Charter Operations and Related Matters.”
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