The Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi, on Thursday directed the management of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited to immediately stop the collection of N2,500 Passenger Service Charge from domestic air travellers.


BASL, which manages the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two in Lagos, had on July 7, announced a 150 per cent increase in the PSC, from N1,000 to N2,500, on every flight ticket purchased at its facility, and commenced the collection of the increased charge on Monday, July 11.


A statement from the Special Adviser to the Minister on Media, Mr. Joe Obi, made available to our correspondent in Lagos on Thursday, said that the directive was contained in a letter addressed to the Managing Director of BASL and signed on behalf of the minister by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Ms. Anne Ene-Ita.


The letter reads in part, “The Federal Ministry of Aviation has not given any approval to Bi-Courtney Limited to charge the sum of N2,500 as Passenger Service Charge.


“There is a procedure in the concession agreement, which must be adhered to and until then, you are to desist from the collection of the PSC.”


But in a swift reaction, the Head, Corporate Communications, BASL, Mr. Dipo Kehinde, told journalists that Bi-Courtney had yet to receive the notice of stoppage of the collection from the ministry.


According to him, the firm only got to know about the development on the Facebook page of the minister.


“As of now (Thursday evening), we have not received any letter to that effect. We have only read about it on the minister’s Facebook page,” he said.


It will be recalled that the increase by BASL came barely one week after the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria increased its own PSC from N350 to N1,000 across all the 22 airports under its management.


The company had explained that the fee would be used to maintain its terminal, noting that since it began operations in 2007, the annual cost of running the terminal had been increasing phenomenally.


BASL had argued that since December 22, 2006, it obtained approval from the various authorities to charge $15 and N350, a total of about N3,000.


Reacting to the increase, the President, Airline Operators of Nigeria, Dr. Steve Mahonwu, had said that the development would lead to a slight adjustment in fares.


“Yes, we are aware of FAAN and Bi-Courtney increasing the PSC, but the price difference on the ticket may not be much,” he said.


Meanwhile, Obi said that the minister’s directive on the PSC had been copied to the Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Dr. Harold Demuren, to ensure strict compliance.

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the problem with nigeria police is that of poor mgt and poor system, they hardly go on shift duties and poor monitoring.

another bakare in making readers beware , strategy 2015

musiwa, :

I will divide the country nd give them a country of their own. I DO NOT BELIEVE IN FORCING PEOPLE TO BE IN A COUNTRY, THAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE IN. ONLY WICKED AND EVIL PRESIDENT DO THAT.

I dey laugh oooo

reubby360:

i ll teach den d leson f der lif ,nonsence aboki men!

what lesson will u teach them simple.

as for me i will declare a state of emergency in troubled states and impose a military head and declare war on every haramics, __+___, what is ur view, ____++.

India to produce 700 MW solar power soon
India is on track to produce 700 megawatts of solar power at a cost of $2.2 billion by December, ahead of an initial target for an ambitious plan that seeks to boost green power generation from near zero to 20 gigawatts by 2022.
Under India‘s Solar Mission, investors bid to build solar power plants and the winning bids are determined by the electricity tariff that they accept as viable, Reuters reports.
Such has been the interest that the government has been flooded with investment pledges for the first batch of projects rolling out in December.
India‘s 20 GW solar plan is likely to attract overall investment of about $70 billion, the government has estimated. Issued in 2009, the plan envisages India producing 1,300 megawatts by 2013, another up to 10 GW by 2017 and the rest by 2022.
”The entire solar industry is no longer worried about the upheavals that are taking place in the European markets because they find a very new and very promising market is developing in India,” said Debashish Majumdar, chairman and managing director of Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency.
IREDA, a state-run agency, is the leader in the country‘s solar energy financing.
”So far, every year the general mood was that nobody knew what would happen to the German policy or what would happen to Spanish policy,” said Majumdar, who attended a global summit on clean technologies in Munich last week.
Germany, the world‘s top solar power producer with about 17 GW installed by end-2010, is considering cutting incentives for photovoltaic energy by an additional six percentage points in another step on March 1, 2012.
Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan and the United States are the leading producers of solar power in the world.
While India‘s solar sector remains a risky venture because of a shortage of data and trained manpower, such deficiencies also open up a huge market for expertise and technology such as Colorado-based Juwi Solar, Schneider (SCHN.PA), Schott Solar.
”The (Solar Mission‘s) second phase would create a very large market for service providers, especially EPC contractors and people who can analyze data to ascertain how much resources like sunlight are available and how much (solar energy) is going to be produced,” Majumdar said.
”These agencies would get lots of business,” he told the Reuters Global Energy and Climate Summit in New Delhi, adding it was still not possible to determine the size of such a market.EPC contractors handle the engineering, procurement and construction of solar power plants.
If everything goes to plan, and the rollout of the first projects in December should be an indicator, solar would contribute the equivalent to one-eighth of India‘s current installed power base by 2022.
This will help the world‘s number three carbon polluter to limit its reliance on coal and ease a power deficit that has crimped the world‘s second-fastest growing major economy.
The Solar Mission has certain local content mandates, in other words some imports of equipment and technology will be allowed until 2013 after which capacity has to be built locally.
The special incentive package offers a capital subsidy up to 25 percent on investments for setting up solar cell manufacturing plants. A plant has to be worth at least $225 million to qualify.
With about 250-300 clear sunny days a year, India‘s solar power reception is about 5,000 trillion kilowatt-hours per year, meaning just 1 percent of India‘s land area can meet the country‘s entire electricity requirements till 2030.
Coal, available in abundance in India, provides power at about 2 rupees (4 cents) a unit, compared to a kilowatt hour of solar power at 11 to 12 rupees.
The renewables sector comprises 6 percent of India‘s total power mix.
Consulting firm KPMG said last month aggressive policy implementation could see solar power prices decline at a rate of 5-7 percent annually over the next decade, ensuring ”grid parity,” or the point when solar power costs the same as conventional power, as early as 2017/18.

CHIMSKY:

Let us not belabour issues.The girls love it.They want money.That a man is married is inconsequential.I am married and once had an affair with this girl.At first I didnt let her know I was married but decided to do so when when I realized things were getting deep.She didnt even bat an eyelid.We continued to have sex just as frequently as we used to while I paid the bills and took care of her.Apparently she was having a great time and didnt want to let a minor detail like marital status prevent her man from picking her bills.She knows my wife very well now and still calls me when she needs some money.

u are wallowing in sin and u are happy, u are wrecking ur marriage and u are proud , u are in darkness and still refuse to on a touch when u ve it in ur hands, i pity u

i ve been lukin for this golden opportunity for quite some time i will be helpfull in all maters that concern our great country please count me in.

1luvkipsus:

@topic

Why?

zzz.

what happen to kenny martins and the 50billion naira police scam, farida collects 30 percent and the case died down

efcc ko efuu ni

am very much available

Fhemmmy:

Now i am so much laffing at all those

that is what a man does to wife , i will explain each in details, if time permits me

@ poster i learnt it happen to ur wife y tell lies, no body will crucify you if you tell the truth, every family and relationship has their own huddle.

since there is no perfect relationship, we are the architecht of our own relationship we design what we want. so if u dont like ur wife doing it correct her, amend her, delete her, edit her, modify her etc whichever that u feel it will work for ur model. bye

whether na forbes or not it is absolutely true but the fact remains that this pastors are human and must be treated thus. they must invest in human so that their investment must benefit human race.

the very poor people of osun state who cannot afford bottle water will now pay such a fee for just dropping pure water sachet haabaa is it a method by osun state to collect back all the money he gave them during election

Osun against water satchets

Anybody caught dropping empty water sachets in public places in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, may henceforth pay N20,000 as fine, the National Environmental Standards Regulations Enforcement Agency has said.

Osun State Coordinator of NESREA Mr. Rufus Anjorin said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Osogbo, shortly after a rally to mark the World Environment Day.

Anjorin said the agency would no longer tolerate a dirty environment.

He said, “Whoever dumps any form of refuse including the so called ‘pure’ water sachets risks a fine of N20,000 if caught in the act by our men.

“Everyone has the responsibility of making the environment clean and no effort will be spared by the agency to ensure that the task is accomplished.

“If the environment is clean there will be fewer cases of diseases and remote chances of epidemics, thereby reducing expenses on drugs,”

Anjorin said the ongoing sensitisation and mobilisation of the people was necessary as a prelude to the arrest of erring persons.

dayokanu:

The family of the Keneddies have been contesting elections ever since and been winning

Bill Clintons wife contested for the Democratic ticket and George H Bush sons were President and Governor of Florida

I ask whats wrong with Tinubus wife being Senator?

tinubu for president 2015 the aare ona kakanfo of yoruba land

fresh air

its on fb and i called a brother living very close to apo quaters and he is also confirming it , thief, thief, thief, he is running some one pls catch him, stop, dimeji if you take a step i will shoot, i say stop dimeji, or else, gbao , gun shot.

watch out part 2

dimeji in jail

is it possible that there will be no presidential go ahead before the sale of any national treasury

in the case of the speaker who bought the net building located in lagos for the tune of 4 billion naira or the nitel yard @ cappa to olusegun obasanjo at the very cheapest amt.

if not which agency is responsible?