NIPOST Reads Riot Act to Unregistered Courier Firms
Post Master General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), Alhaji Ibrahim Mori Baba, said the Agency would continue to clamp down on unregistered courier companies.
Baba stated this during the opening of the new office complex of Bowill Errands Limited in Lagos.
Debunking the claim that the parastatal had been ‘soft’ on unlicenced courier operators, the Post Master General, represented by Mr Julius Anjorin of the Courier Regulatory Department, said NIPOST had always been on the trail of illegal courier operators.
According to him, the issue at stake here is that in pursuing these unlicenced operators, we have to strictly follow laid down guidelines, so that we won’t be faced with unwarranted litigations. We have to be very careful in our ‘war’ against them, so that we won’t have series of litigations in our hands.
NIPOST’s claim, saying “the end of illegal courier firms was near,” adding that most of the companies who patronise do so out of ignorance.
“Many of these companies unknowingly contract out delivery jobs to some unregistered courier companies, but we are addressing this at the level of the association through information dissemination and re-orientation. Let me assure you, we are gradually reaching the end of unregistered courier companies.
Oladapo, who is also General Secretary of Association of Nigeria Courier Operators said: “There is no proliferation of courier companies. “The Nigerian economy, given its size, population and volume of economic activities can still accommodate more courier companies,” he said, and applauded the economic reform policies of former president Olusegun Obasanjo.
“The financial sector reform has had tremendous impact on the economy, especially the recapitalisation of the banks. Banks now have enough funds and because they must manage their liquidity with profitability, they can’t just keep this funds idle.
Against the backdrop of the fact that they have to pay dividends to their shareholders, they have to work with these funds to be able to earn profit. “This has made it very easy for companies to have access to funds, which hitherto were not there. We’re all witnesses to the fact that they are still continuing with the raising of additional shareholders funds via the capital market. This is good for businesses like us, as we will be able to get facilities,” he said. Bishop of the Diocese of Lagos West, Anglican Communion, Dr Peter Adebiyi was among dignitaries at the occasion.
