Federal Government hires Dutch firm to manage NIPOST
The Federal Government has engaged the services of Nethpost Consult of The Netherlands to reposition Nigeria Postal Service for profitability and viability over the next two years.
Postmaster-General of the Federation, Malam Ibrahim Mori Baba whose address was read by Mr. Enoch Ade Ogun at the NIPOST South Eastern zonal awards hosted by the Abia State postal territory yesterday, explained that with the development, the organization would no longer tolerate indolence and frivolity on the part of staff.
According to him, there is therefore the need for every staff to redouble his/her efforts in making NIPOST dream a reality and implored them to rise up to the challenges.
He noted that the reform policies of the Federal Government of divesting from public corporations, including NIPOST, has made it imperative for the organization to look inwards for survival, adding that the NIPOST management in conjunction with consultants engaged by the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE), has painstakingly commenced the systematic restructuring of the services of the organization in order to reposition it towards realizing its full potentials.
Baba also observed that the exit of some of the committed NIPOST staff as a result of the recent rightsizing exercise of the Federal Government was one of the sacrifices the workers had to make for a better future and assured those left in the organization to manage the situation at hand in the interest of the customers.
The Postmaster-General was happy that NIPOST has achieved more than 60% of its revenue target, just as the quality of service has greatly improved and sustained, adding however that in spite of the achievements, there were still room for improvement.
“We are still far away from our target and dreams as an organization. NIPOST must be positioned to become profitable,” he observed.
He said that the objective of the award was to enhance productivity and promote corporate excellence through appropriate reward system for hardworking staff and commended the award winners for their efforts in making the organization to excel.
Those who won the awards were Erugo Chijioke of Abia Territory as best performer, Onaga Nkiru of Enugu Territory as best counter, Paul Emereole as best security man, V.C. Okongwu as best driver and J.O.Umeh as the most outstanding staff in the zone.
