The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Growth, Festus Keyamo, has stated that non-public planes can not take off or land at personal airstrips with out clearance from the federal government.
Keyamo made this recognized on Sunday throughout an interview with Channels TV.
The Home of Representatives had, two months in the past, referred to as for the revocation of licenses granted to personal airstrip house owners, together with Oyedepo, citing allegations of unlawful arms importation by terrorism sponsors.
Talking on the safety situation, Keyamo said that procedures for all personal plane are in place to make sure that no airplane, drone, or different sort of plane can go away or enter Nigeria with out correct authorisation.
Keyamo additionally described the steps concerned, noting, “You have to land in a global airport first. Then the Customs, immigration and NDLEA will course of you earlier than you’re taking off from there to your personal airstrip.
“In case you are additionally flying out, you need to land at a global airport. You’ll undergo Customs, immigration and all the traditional processes earlier than flying out.
“So no one makes use of an airstrip for any such objective with out searching for clearance. At each time limit, the authorities should approve.”
