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@instablog9ja Greateat scam of all time on Nigerians. No traveller has any business paying for APIS. This is unheard of SMH 🤦🏽♂️
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Detty December: Nigerian int’l travellers to pay extra $11.5 charge per ticket from Dec. 1
From December 1, 2025, international passengers flying into or out of Nigeria will pay an additional $11.5 levy per ticket under the new Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) initiative.
The new charge raises Nigeria’s total aviation security levy to $31.50 and is expected to generate about $46 million annually for the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
According to the agency, APIS will enhance airport security, track passenger data, and improve border control through a single-window system over the next 20 years.
The levy applies to all international airlines, with exemptions for infants, diplomats, airline crew on duty, and passengers in transit or rerouted due to weather or technical issues.
However, this new fee adds to existing charges such as the $20 security levy, Passenger Service Charge (PSC) of up to $100, and the five per cent Ticket Sales Charge (TSC).
Experts warn the move could worsen already high travel costs, making Nigeria’s airfares among the most expensive in Africa, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Aviation analyst Chris Amokwu said the decision would burden travellers and discourage air travel, while Group Captain John Ojikutu (rtd) described it as “multiple taxation” unless the old $20 levy is abolished.
IATA has repeatedly criticised Nigeria’s excessive aviation charges, noting that Abuja and Lagos airports are now the costliest in Africa, despite limited improvements in infrastructure.
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The attention of concerned Nigerians has been drawn to the recent announcement by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) introducing a new $11.50 “Security Levy” on all international passengers, inbound and outbound, effective December 1, 2025. The levy, disguised under the name Advance Passenger Information System (APIS), is being presented as a security measure. In truth, it is an unjust, exploitative, and insensitive policy that must be rejected immediately by all Nigerians.
A TAX ON MOVEMENT, NOT SECURITY
Let us be clear: this is not a “security upgrade.” It is a tax on movement, a direct toll on citizens simply for travelling. Security and data systems are the responsibility of government, funded through existing taxes and aviation fees. To now impose a separate charge on individual travellers is double taxation, plain and simple. It is an insult to the millions of hardworking Nigerians already burdened by a crumbling economy, inflation, and endless levies at every turn.
This so-called “APIS levy” is another attempt to transfer the cost of government inefficiency onto the people, people who are already struggling to breathe.
NO COUNTRY CHARGES ITS CITIZENS FOR SECURITY
The Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) exists globally, in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, and many others, but none of these nations charge passengers a separate levy to fund it. Security infrastructure is part of a nation’s duty, not a product to be sold to its citizens.
Only a handful of governments have tried similar schemes, and they were met with widespread opposition. In Tanzania, a new “passenger facilitation” fee triggered public outrage for the same reason: it punished travellers instead of protecting them. Nigeria should be learning from better examples, not copying the worst ones.
A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT
Accepting this fee sets a dangerous precedent. Today it’s $11.50 for “security.” Tomorrow, it will be $15 for “digital systems.” Next year, $20 for “climate compliance.” This creeping taxation culture must stop. Travel is not a luxury for the elite. It is a necessity for business, education, family, and survival. This levy will make travel even less accessible for ordinary Nigerians and further damage the country’s global image as an already expensive and difficult place to fly from.
THE GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY, NOT THE PEOPLE’S BURDEN
Security, data management, and border control are fundamental functions of any responsible government. Citizens should not be made to fund them directly.
If the Nigerian government can not secure its borders without billing travellers, then it must reassess its spending priorities, not reach deeper into the pockets of its citizens.
This policy is tone-deaf, regressive, and morally indefensible. It adds no visible value to the average Nigerian but guarantees more revenue for a few insiders and contractors hiding behind “technology partnerships” and "security systems."
WE SAY NO
We, the people, reject this policy outright. We call on the National Assembly, civil society, travel and aviation unions, and every concerned Nigerian to rise and demand its immediate withdrawal.
If the government insists on implementing this levy, it must be prepared for unified public resistance, both at home and abroad. Nigerians can not and will not continue to pay for the government’s failure to manage its own responsibilities.
OUR MESSAGE IS SIMPLE
Stop punishing Nigerians for your inefficiency. Stop disguising revenue grabs as security improvements. Stop taxing us for simply trying to move, live, and dream beyond survival.
Enough is enough.
Llangyfelach, Wales 🇬🇧 English
BREAKING NEWS: Nigerian International travelers ( inbound and outbound passengers) to pay a $11.5 security levy effective December 1, 2025. This new tax, also known as the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS)
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