Thirty out of sixty-five private airplanes verified are liable to pay required duties to the Federal Government.
This is according to Nigeria Customs Service, which says some of the planes came into the country by the Temporary Importation Agreement which allows them to bring the jets without payment because it was secured by a bond.
Its Public Relations Officer, Joseph Attah said this during an ongoing verification exercise in Abuja.
He said thereafter many of them failed to turn up to pay on the expiration of the agreement which necessitated the verification.
The Customs Service spokesman said the exercise would allow more revenue to accrue to the Federal Government because those who failed to adhere to the agreement would be made to pay the duties.
He however said the verification has been extended for a further two weeks which will end on August 6, 2021.
In his words, considering the rising number of compliance and the number of jets that are liable for payment of duties as well as indications by those people to do so, the Comptroller-General has again graciously given them another two weeks.
He noted that it will ensure every collectible revenue is collected into the coffers of the Federal Government.