Abuja – The Minister of Communications, Mr Abdur-Raheem Shittu, said the Federal Government planned to turn the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) into a mega conglomerate offering various services.

This is contained in a statement by the Head, Public Communications, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) in Abuja on Tuesday.

It reported that the minister said this while receiving the Acting Director-General of BPE, Mr Vincent Akpotaire , who was on a courtesy call.

“NIPOST would be offering services in e-Commerce, e-Learning/Library services and issuance of the Nigerian passport and driver’s licence plus other security documents,’’ the minister said.

Shittu said that the government was poised to constitute a technical committee to proffer solutions to the issues militating against the postal sector.

The group would also present a policy direction to harness the economic potentials of NIPOST.

The minister acknowledged the significance of reforms to the communication sector and the key role of BPE in sector reforms, saying that the bureau would be included in the committee.

He expressed optimism that an all inclusive participation of all stakeholders would steer NIPOST towards harnessing its commercial potentials.

Shittu urged the bureau to carry out research on the Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd (NIGCOMSAT) and come out with the best options to either commercialise or privatise the company.

“This is based on revelations that it is under patronised and has only one signal.“

Responding, the DG of BPE, acknowledged the yet untapped potentials of NIPOST.

Akpotaire said that NIPOST, though in near disappearance, had sufficient assets to generate economic and commercial services.

According to him, in view of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s National Financial Inclusion Strategy, NIPOST could begin skeletal services within the scope of the resources set aside by the CBN.

He noted that through the vast postal network available to NIPOST, it was equipped to deliver financial services to remote areas currently excluded by financial institutions.

To facilitate the process, Akpotaire said that the Bureau would present a comprehensive proposal to the minister within a week.

The DG said that the BPE would liaise with the National Assembly to harmonise the bureau’s proposed reforms with the privately sponsored bill on the postal sector before it.

He called for an independent regulator for the sector to update services and ensure transparency as well as position NIPOST to compete favourably with other concerns in the sector.

989900B:
Na now una wake? They've been losing billions!

All these useless banks funding oil companies, why can't they make a bid for a company like NIPOST -- this is a multi-billion dollar money making enterprise rendered virtually useless!

shevon:



http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/fg-turn-nipost-conglomerate/

erico2k2:

I know one day we would get there. GOD bless whoever brought this idea. It's about time.

socialmediaman:
Seriously misplaced priority. They should focus on improving postal delivery services with technology, completing the postal/zip code system so that every house in Nigeria can be identified with a zip code, acquiring more delivery vans, improve their customer service delivery with exceptional call center executives and "always available" help centers, and also improving their tracking systems. They can fight the competition with private firms like Fedex, and become the no 1 choice of delivery for online ordering

socialmediaman:
Seriously misplaced priority. They should focus on improving postal delivery services with technology, completing the postal/zip code system so that every house in Nigeria can be identified with a zip code, acquiring more delivery vans, improve their customer service delivery with exceptional call center executives and "always available" help centers, and also improving their tracking systems. They can fight the competition with private firms like Fedex, and become the no 1 choice of delivery for online ordering

socialmediaman:
Seriously misplaced priority. They should focus on improving postal delivery services with technology, completing the postal/zip code system so that every house in Nigeria can be identified with a zip code, acquiring more delivery vans, improve their customer service delivery with exceptional call center executives and "always available" help centers, and also improving their tracking systems. They can fight the competition with private firms like Fedex, and become the no 1 choice of delivery for online ordering

agarawu23:
baba, nipost is dead already.

socialmediaman:
Seriously misplaced priority. They should focus on improving postal delivery services with technology, completing the postal/zip code system so that every house in Nigeria can be identified with a zip code, acquiring more delivery vans, improve their customer service delivery with exceptional call center executives and "always available" help centers, and also improving their tracking systems. They can fight the competition with private firms like Fedex, and become the no 1 choice of delivery for online ordering

989900B:
Na now una wake? They've been losing billions!
All these useless banks funding oil companies, why can't they make a bid for a company like NIPOST -- this is a multi-billion dollar money making enterprise rendered virtually useless!

xandy84:
United state postal service issue American passport and that makes it easy and stress free cos postal service is everywhere even the remote part. That's a good development..