Western Bahr el Ghazal orders closure of two airline offices over five-dollar stamp duty
The caretaker government of Western Bahr el Ghazal State has reprotedly ordered the closure of Kush Airlines and Arojet Airlines offices in Wau over their failure to implement a five-dollar stamp duty on air passengers. According to Wau-based Voice of Hope The directive follows objections raised by Kush Airlines against the state government’s decision to introduce the charge on every passenger travelling by air. Speaking to the media on Friday, Caretaker Minister of Finance, Planning and Investment, Brigadier General Julio Velario Osman, said the government was implementing the duty in accordance with constitutional provisions. He said Kush Airlines had initially complied with the directive but later stopped remitting the collected charges. Velario Osman warned that failure by private bus…
