True that

Ur days of relevance is over, Nipost

The same thing that open adams eyes close abachas, If you know what i mean

rheether:
Says who? It's a lie. Stop misleading the best public.

You don't have to respond to a post if you have nothing to say. You ask "say's who"? Why don't you read the confessions of some of your peers on this same page for starters?

mikolo80:
what market?

market must not always mean that place marked out by community or government for selling and buying of goods and services. It can be in your house depending on the goods and services you offer. The services NIPOST offered us got a serious competitor which almost knock them off, if not that it is a government establishment.

nnachukz:
market must not always mean that place marked out by community or government for selling and buying of goods and services. It can be in your house depending on the goods and services you offer. The services NIPOST offered us got a serious competitor which almost knock them off, if not that it is a government establishment.

you make sense bro.

wetin kill NIPOST ?

Nnabugwu8590:

My dear, I hope you know that NIPOST is a federal government establishment?

my dear, being a government establishment does not make them immune to competition once there is an alternative in the market. The only difference is that they may not close down easily like a privately owned company faced with the same challenge of dwindling revenue.

Absolutely true...i realized that my writing skills is sinking into the abyss, had to quickly correct it

atleast if message sent from a device doesn't deliver u know its either credit or network issue, but for nipost yeah its more than just 2 issues

I disagree. An intelligent student that's not lazy can write correctly irrespective of any social media

StCapital:
I don't know why some people will just write whatever they like without understanding what the Nipost Boss is driving at. This SMS issue is going out of hand because I have noticed in many application letter's nowadays some Graduates cannot spell some words correctly or fully because they use short codes thinking that they are writing to their girl/boy friends. I think we should blame the people piloting the affairs of our education system, during our days in primary school there is what we call Dictation and letter writing,I don't think Dictation still exist now in schools because if you don't know how to spell words in primary school there is no guarantee that you will know it all in secondary school. My advise here is, parents should help their children by going through their note books and correct them if there are words they did not spell correctly. Thanks.

God bless you! Most of the comments up there are ridiculous, abbreviations have killed our writing skills and that's what nipost was talking about! Some even think they were talking about handwriting smh.

In test messages in other not to exceed one page you will see someone type an epistle with only 160 characters and end up not making any sense at all! The person will expect me to decode all the abbr they used? No way! I delete immediately

charix:
I hope these _idiots know plagiarism is a crime? They took a foreign study and copied it word for word claiming it as original because they changed the names to Nigerian ones.

One thing I know is my spelling was always good but my grammar construction and conciseness increased by 25% since coming on nairaland.
The whites say composing twitter updates is a grueling activity to academic scholars and personify versatility in sentence composition. Let these oafs remain ever-backward quoting outdated studies while the world moves forward.
Also, in an era of email and instant messaging, no one uses NIPOST anymore. The mere mention of the name conjures frustration and incompetence - waiting a whole decade to receive a letter is not an experience one easily forgets.

Did you read this article at all?

4peace:



Did you read this article at all?

Drop your opinion. Keep it moving.

Godgay:
hahaha,bloody lie,because say their business nor dey flow,don't developed countries use social media?

I don't think you understand what they are saying. Even here on NL, members don't know how to write coherent sentences anymore. No one reads anything educative and auto correct has made people unable to spell. Social media is making a generation dummer and dummer.

The death of NIPOST also contributed to the eroding of writing skills in Nigeria.


People no longer write letters anymore. Electronic mediums of transmitting information has allowed for people to get lazy in their penmanship and literary skills.

I doubt if we were still transmitting mails via NIPOST, acronyms such as; 'lol', 'LWTMB', 'ROFLMFAO' 'GGMUB', 'HBD', 'OMG', 'WTF', e.t.c would ever have caught on. I had the misfortune of being present when a Friends Mum who is a Teacher was marking Junior WAEC scripts a while back, I could not believe how poorly legible that hand writing skills of J.S.S 3 Students were and how poor their grammatical construction was.

When I was a wee lad in Primary school, Almost every English Language Homework involved reading a passage and answering the questions below or Essay writing of 500 words or less or 1000 words or less of either how we spent our vacation or something else of sorts. To communicate with a crush back then, you had to write him or her a letter. By the time we were ready to enter into J.S.S 1, we were all able to read properly and write legibly and coherently.

Today though, the influence of Social Media and its messaging service, Electronic mail and Short Messaging Service (SMS) have come together to erode the literary skills of our younger generation. People use short texts more often now under the guise of they want to type a long SMS so they need space to put in more characters, then end up not knowing the difference between 'I'm' and 'Am' People now communicate more with Emojis, smileys and Emoticons that the art of expressing ones emotions through actual text has been made extinct. Lets not even start proper placement or use of punctuations and exclamations in sentences. Slangs and vernacular have now become the new acceptable mode of communication.


The future isn't really looking to bright literary wise.

Godgay:
hahaha,bloody lie,because say their business nor dey flow,don't developed countries use social media?

jokes apart, the guy has a point forge the loss of business, itss true.

But its not only social media, its also the auto correct features ( helps alot)on our phones and laptops that contribute, as we dont consult the dictionaries any more.

Companies have changed tactics you don't need to write lengthy applications again. All u need to is upload cv or fill forms on some online data base.

Even programmers dont use scripts anymore to write apps thanks to GUIs.

Nipost should concentrate on hauling packages and parcels and as no one will send letters by post again.

That era is DEAD FOR EVER.

nnachukz:
Their main concern is that SMS has chased them out of market. Forget the pretence, we know where it is hurting you people.

I will advice you to pay a visit to the nearest NIPOST office near you. You will withdraw that statement up there.

It's obvious some people assimilate poorly.
Social network improved your handwriting?
What's Twitter's business with someone's handwriting?
Nairaland will shrink your brain cos it's the same shit we see on FP.
Stuff like boobs,snakes and a host of vulgar words.
It's the reason why some couldn't comprehend Linda's write-up but were able to grasp Wizkid's shitty English.

Auto correction and voice commands have made it easy.
How many of us have the hardcopy of Oxford dictionary?


Let's be truthful to ourselves.

I have to post this because of people asking or do not know what NIPOST are all about

The decree provided among other functions of NIPOST, the following:

To provide and operate facilities for collection, dispatch and distribution of inland and overseas mail at reasonable cost.
To provide and operate facilities for remittance of money through the money or postal order systems.
To provide and operate philatelic services in Nigeria.
To print and provide postage stamps for payment of postage tariff and payment of stamp duties.
To represent Nigeria in its relations with other postal administrations and other bodies concerned with postal services.

Prior to 1992, NIPOST operated as an Extra-Ministerial Department in the Ministry of Communications while Decree 18 of 1987 went through various amendments.

encryptjay:
It's obvious some people assimilate poorly.
Social network improved your handwriting?
What's Twitter's business with someone's handwriting?
Nairaland will shrink your brain cos it's the same shit we see on FP.
Stuff like boobs,snakes and a host of vulgar words.
It's the reason why some couldn't comprehend Linda's write-up but were able to grasp Wizkid's shitty English.

Auto correction and voice commands have made it easy.
How many of us have the hardcopy of Oxford dictionary?


Let's be truthful to ourselves.

Your second and third lines..




I can't..

I'm in pains..

nnachukz:
Their main concern is that SMS has chased them out of market. Forget the pretence, we know where it is hurting you people.

MadCow1:


Your second and third lines..




I can't..

I'm in pains..

MadCow1

I will not even read the post - the tile is enough - for me to comment. I'm less concerned about NIPOST for now.

We have become a lazy people with the advent of Social Media and SMS. Don't get me wrong, it is a good development to have these social tools as it has greatly advanced reach and it is a true factor of the Jet Age.

However, nobody reads or writes well anymore. People just can't be bothered! Imagine 'text speak' when writing a letter or an application. You think the recent screen grabs of Corpers' blunders on their youth service completion are funny? They are but a sad reality of where we are headed.

Sometime 2011, I was at my then office's canteen and overheard a conversation between two girls. They were both in agreement that the internet is just for Facebook! The more educated one who was an undergrad at one of those glorified state universities couldn't fathom what else the net was useful for.

Imagine if I had the access to the internet I have now, then, that would have been a blast! Project work would have been well aided and a lot of things one had to go all out to get information about would have been easier. Now, these so called FB girls can't even use the FB optimally either as a (responsible) networking or communication tool.

I mean, what is 'monin', 'tomao'... it is (grudgingly) understandable if you are trying to cut SMS count/cost or in an emergency but not to be used perpetually. What am I saying? It is not even acceptable... what happened to abbreviations like using only consonants i.e. 'tmrrw' or '2mrrw'; 'ltr' (not to be confused with liter) or 'l8r'...

Then, we used to write. Even to woo and impress a girl, you'd need to take a lesson in writing or contract it to someone.

Some will say English is not our mother tongue, I agree. But even the so-called mother tongue, can anyone really communicate well with it? How many can write a letter in Yoruba for instance with all the attendant markings well placed?

That's a capital lie

I do not agree with NIPOST. It is the English language that has issues. It should be reform and restructured to fit our lifestyle period.

DaBullIT:
While i would say NIPOST is just being melancholic


they did raise a valid point

sms and tweets has destroyed many people's sense of grammar and spelling

But as for me , Internet and technology has helped me improved somehow

because i pay attention to spellings and correct them with chrome , i make sure i master the correct spellings so as not to make the same mistakes over again


That's just me being realistic

Wish a lot of folks in Nairaland reason like you do. Unfortunately, judging by posts put up here, they sure have their work cut out for them.

StCapital:
I don't know why some people will just write whatever they like without understanding what the Nipost Boss is driving at. This SMS issue is going out of hand because I have noticed in many application letter's nowadays some Graduates cannot spell some words correctly or fully because they use short codes thinking that they are writing to their girl/boy friends. I think we should blame the people piloting the affairs of our education system, during our days in primary school there is what we call Dictation and letter writing,I don't think Dictation still exist now in schools because if you don't know how to spell words in primary school there is no guarantee that you will know it all in secondary school. My advise here is, parents should help their children by going through their note books and correct them if there are words they did not spell correctly. Thanks.

Thanks u nailed it..
was once a victim of this bullshit abbrev. after my first final exams in college, one of my lecturers called me to his office and warn me seriously on the use of abbreviations in ma paper work. i used words like because, 4r, anoda, gr8, xplanation and so on. i was shocked wen i saw it myself. this is as a result of d so called short text we send often on our phones. just imagine if it was to be an iterview or a short test for a job, my paper will definately land in the trash can.
we all have to be very careful. read tru my post thoroughly i am sure i would av commited d same error again

NIPOST? Those ones still dey?

this is very true, and heartbreaking as well.five years from now, it will be worse .

meanwhile,some fools are linking nipost with letter writing in the 21st century.

nipost is still invaluable, at least to me.

DaBullIT:
While i would say NIPOST is just being melancholic


they did raise a valid point

sms and tweets has destroyed many people's sense of grammar and spelling

But as for me , Internet and technology has helped me improved somehow

because i pay attention to spellings and correct them with chrome , i make sure i master the correct spellings so as not to make the same mistakes over again


That's just me being realistic

@ bolded

#chromed somebody call 911 Puleez!

I saw that , i typed from a y4 , i wasn't going to keep backspacing

Oh , and it's On

HARDDON:


@ bolded

#chromed somebody call 911 Puleez!