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Is A New NIPOST Possible? by alfanio(m): 10:59am On Jun 10, 2018 |
Viepoint IN BRIEF: Home grown solution to
postal challenges
By Abiodun Komolafe
Dilapidated buildings! Rickety vehicles! Out of
date, out-of-tune equipment! Unmotivated staff!
Disproportionate salary structures! The past in
the life of NIPOST was replete with woes! But
perhaps the greatest challenge to an organization
that renders such immense, sensitive and very
essential postal services here as in the rest of
Africa as to the developed world is that it still
operates under The Stamp Duties Act Cap S8 LFN
2004 of 1939.
Determined to disentangle NIPOST from the
conflictal contradictions of development and the
accoutrements of democracy, President
Muhammadu Buhari opted for a better future for
the once “transmission-of-letters-and-postal-
materials-only”. A new management, under the
headship of Bisi Adegbuyi, was saddled with the
onerous responsibility of repositioning the outfit
with a view to making it compete favourably in
the comity of world’s postal systems. For a fact,
the lawyer-turned-Post-Master General’s
immense contributions to the development of the
organization’s universality as well as the creation
of an efficient, effective and a technology-driven,
market-led government agency have surpassed
expectations.
As one of the largest postal industries in Africa
with over-1000 major Post Offices and close to
4,000 Postal Agencies, spread across Nigeria’s
36 states and Abuja, the Adegbuyi-led
management has within a short period of 2 years
transformed the state-owned government
monopoly into an awards-winning outfit. For
instance, while equally-challenged outfits
elsewhere were lamenting their predicament,
NIPOST simply chose to think out of the box. Its
‘NIPOST Vision 2002’ strategic roadmap,
especially, the creation of a lean headquarters
and empowered Business Units and Zones led to
an unprecedented N700 million increase in
revenue and a 40% reduction in expenditure in
2017.
In other to meet the yearning demands of a
globalized world where competitive advantage is
now the order of the day, NIPOST rolled out 12
new, game-changing products and services.
They are: IPS Track and Trace, E-Stamp;
Address Verification System (AVS);
Whats3Words; E-Money Order; and NIPOST/
Bank of Agriculture Agency Banking. Others
include E-Commerce; E-Insurance; International
Money Order (now an appetizer for global players
like Jumia, Konga, DHL and FEDEX in the
discharge of their duties); and Card Services. Last
but not the least is the NIPOST Youth
Engagement Scheme (N-YES), designed to
discover and productively engage the ingenuity of
the Nigerian youth.
I am also aware of plans to unbundle NIPOST into
five companies: Banking and Insurance; Property
and Development; Transport; E-Commerce; and
E-Government. Incontestably, this will go a long
way in improving the quality of its products and
services, in addition to increase in its revenue
base. But one other area of innovative
opportunities which Nigerians explore is
partnering with professional bodies and
examination boards like the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Nigerian Bar
Association (NBA), Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board (JAMB) and National
Examinations Commission (NECO) in the area of
provision of security documents for professional
examinations.
While the roles of NIPOST in creating an inclusive
society and making greater contributions to the
nation’s socio-economic development cannot be
underestimated, the shared vision and
determination to make a difference which has
created a vision for every member of staff
towards seeing that the organization moves with
the time cannot be overemphasized either. Apart
from the recruitment of new hands, christened
‘The Innovation Team’, to shore up its
operations,NIPOST deserves a pat on the back
for the Postal Proceeds Bill which was recently
passed into law by the National Assembly! Give it
to the organization that the Act is coming at a
time Nigeria is looking for alternative means of
generating funds outside of oil which is no longer
sustainable as a means of keeping the nation’s
economy afloat.
With many countries stepping up efforts to
achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), the postal sector in
Nigeria remains an enabler of inclusive
development and an essential component of the
global economy. A simple example is the signing
of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
between NIPOST and BoA for the distribution of
the Bank’s farm produce and implements to
farmers through the Post Offices.
At a time the Buhari administration is doing all it
can to revamp Nigeria’s ailing economy and
place it on a path to sustainable growth, trusting
NIPOST as a highly qualified and competitive
communications brand couldn’t have come at a
more auspicious time. But, in a country where
programme rigmarole and policy somersault have
established a prima facie case against
developmental strides in this part of the globe,
how far it can go in taking advantages of modern
science and global markets to provide home-
grown solutions to Nigeria’s multifaceted postal
challenges will be a matter of interest to
Nigerians.
•Komolafe is resident at 020, Okenisa Street,
Ijebu-Jesa, Osun State, Nigeria
(ijebujesa@yahoo.co.uk)
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Re: Is A New NIPOST Possible? by alfanio(m): 11:02am On Jun 10, 2018 |
Fantastic, a neglected giant on the rise again, 16 years of neglect! what a waste we will surely get to the heights we are supposed to reach as a nation insha Allah 1 Like |
Re: Is A New NIPOST Possible? by richeeyo(m): 11:07am On Jun 10, 2018 |
Is snow falling in Nigeria possible Only God can decide |
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