The Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST) has reiterated its commitment to ensure complete revitalization of Nigeria’s postal system in the new year, a NIPOST document said on Friday.
According to the document released on Friday in the capital Abuja, this would be achieved through human resource development and the empowerment of its workforce.
Read MoreThe Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST), is being owed a total of N4,963,000 by customers in the Benue territory of the organisation.
The amount which is being owed through charges on Post Office Boxes, Private Mail Bags and Special Delivery Services, according to the Area Postal Manager, Pat Onuekwusi, has retarded efforts of the new NIPOST management to fully meet its set targets.
In an address she delivered at a key customers “Consultative forum” which held at the conference hall of Benue hotel, Makurdi, the Area Postal Manager said inspite of the huge debt, Nipost in the territory was able to generate over N1 million between years 2001 and 2002, a figure she said was hundred percent improvement above what was realised in the previous year.
Read MoreThe Head, Courier Regulatory Department (CRD) of NIPOST, Mr. Simon Emeje, has said that Nigeria needs about 4000 courier companies to cope with the volume of business in the courier services sector of the economy.
Emeje told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that at present, only 50 courier companies were officially registered to operate in the country as at May this year and that the number was grossly inadequate.
Read MoreTo facilitate easy detection of bombs and metals including prohibited items, the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has installed a multi-purpose screening machine at the International Mail Processing Centre (IMPC-Air), Ikeja, Lagos. According to the Postmaster General of the Federation (PMG), Alhaji Abubakar Musa Argungu, the machine, which cost N18m, has the capacity to record the accurate number of mails processed, ensure careful handling of mail items and accelerate inquiry into loss of postal items.
Read MoreThe Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) has for the second time in about two weeks successfully conducted raids and arrests of those conducting illegal courier business within the Lagos metropolis. Those affected by the action were Delta Line Courier, Transworld Courier, Akinskevin Express and KTA Freight /Courier.
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