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  • Nigeria postal service generates N3.01bn in 2022

    Nigeria postal service generates N3.01bn in 2022

    The total revenue generated from postal activities in 2022 dropped from N3.63 billion in 2021 to N3.01 billion in 2022, indicating a decline of about 17.05 per cent.

    The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated in its Postal Service Data for 2022 released in Abuja on Tuesday.

    The report said the total number of Post Offices and Postal Agencies declined by 19.43 per cent from 2,794 recorded in 2021 to 2,251 in 2022.

    It stated that the total number of boxes installed in 2022 was 836,731, indicating a decline of 0.08 per cent from 837,428 recorded in 2021.

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    The report said the total number of PMBs available in 2022 was 20,775, indicating a decline of 8.44 per cent from 22,689 recorded in 2021.

    The NBS said the total number of postal articles handled in 2022 increased by 102.05 per cent from 17.7 million recorded in 2021 to 35.7 million in 2022.

    “Domestic mail handled was 15,669,072, while mail dispatched abroad was 543,893 and mail received from abroad and delivered in Nigeria was 19,463,153.”

    The report indicated that Lagos State had the highest number of boxes installed in 2022 with 143,416, while Jigawa recorded the least with 1,800.

    (NAN)

  • Agency banking: Keystone Bank, NIPOST partner

    Keystone Bank Limited yesterday launched ‘KeyServ’, an Agency Banking Proposition to serve customers outside its conventional brick and mortar mode of banking.

    The initiative, which is in partnership with Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) and i-OneC, a financial technology firm, is in line with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) Financial System Strategy (FSS 2020) goals to increase financial inclusion uptake in Nigeria.

    According to the Group Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Keystone Bank Limited, Obeahon Ohiwerei: “Enabling Financial Inclusion is our core area of focus and we have partnered with other industry players to deploy Digital Financial Solutions/ Platforms for improved access to finance; leveraging data to improve the product offerings, personalised and predictive customer service, and uncovering new customer segments”.

    The recent reports on adult Nigerians, according to Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA), is that 40.1 million is financially excluded. That represents 41.6 per cent of 96.4 million adults. “To this end, we are partnering with NIPOST and i-OneC to offer financial inclusion services to un(der)banked Nigerians especially in the rural and less urban areas.”

    Under this partnership, KeyServ (Keystone Agency Banking Services) offers services such as account opening, bills payment, cash-in, cash-out, Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Services, fund transfers, balance enquiries, ATM cash withdrawals, mini statements and a whole lot more.

    “One landmark feature of KeyServ (Keystone Agency Banking Services) is that it offers affordable access to financial services than the traditional banking methods” Ohiwerei reiterated.

    Also, speaking at the launch, the Executive Director Corporate Banking & South, Keystone Bank, Yemi Odusanya, added that “with this scheme, customers, especially in the rural areas will enjoy unfettered access to banking services.

    As at today, we have about 106 approved agents across the country and already, the services are available at Sabongida-Ora (Evbiobe)-Edo State,  Sabon Gari (Kano), Mirinjibi (Kaduna), Barnawa (Kaduna), Yaba (Lagos) and Ikoyi (Lagos)”.

    It’s simply convenient, affordable and several NIPOST locations nationwide have been earmarked to feature actively in this initiative. Nigerians now have the opportunity to take full advantage of this partnership to enjoy the bouquet of financial services across the country.

  • FG Inaugurates NITDA, NIPOST, NIGCOMSAT Boards

    FG Inaugurates NITDA, NIPOST, NIGCOMSAT Boards

    The Federal Government Wednesday inaugurated the Management Boards of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, and the Nigerian Communications Satellite, NIGCOMSAT.

    The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu who inaugurated the 36 member board of the agencies at Obasanjo Hall, Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, urged them to justify the confidence repose in them by the Buhari administration by turning around the fortunes of the agencies for the better.

    Shittu said the performances of the agencies are critical to the committment of the present administration to move the economy from oil and gas paradigm to the development of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector.

    Government efforts, he said, have started yielding results as more than 10 percent of the nation’s GDP comes from the sector.

    Said the Minister: “The ICT sector is one of the key pillars of the Nigerian economy contributing more than 10% of the GDP. The sector has great potentials for contributing significantly to Nigeria’s economic recovery and Growth through economic diversification, creating opportunities for social inclusion, job creation and youth empowerment, improving human capital and facilitating economic competitiveness.

    “It has been suggested that the Devices, Software Solution and e-Commerce sector alone could employ well over 45 million Nigerians and rake in significant revenue.

    “The major challenges to the sector have been lack of an integrated framework for coordinated development, inadequate infrastructure leading to low access of Nigerians to the benefits of ICT, poor local content in the ICT industry, inadequate investments in the sector and low Capacity including lack of globally competitive skills.”

    According to the Minister, the agencies would be restructured in line with the vision of the present administration to enable them maximize their goals, pointing out that government would ensure that the enabling laws backing their operations are also fine-tuned and updated.

    Shittu said government is currently embarking on the upgrading of ICT infrastructures to ensure that they are capable meeting the challenges of modern economy.

    The Minister said: “Increased ICT infrastructure will also help to solidify national security, strengthen sovereignty and promote good governance.  We are well on our way there with the kind of infrastructural investments that we envisage including regional fibre –optic links and metro rings.

    “Recently, the Federal Executive Council approved the implementation of the National ICT Infrastructure Backbone II project.

    “Considering the large youth population in Nigeria, one of the most critical success factors for ICT sector development is the issue of skills development. However, Skills issues remain a major constraint to employment of Nigerians in the sector.

    “Employers in the sector are increasingly finding it difficult to source for emerging 3rd platform technologies such as cloud, mobility, security and big data/Analytics which is where the world is going now.

    “Considering the large youth population in the country, we will work with the Ministry of Education to integrate ICT effectively into education curricular through the use of ICT to facilitate education using smart devices, e-Content as well as increase the uptake of ICT as a subject”.

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  • NIPOST launches ‘last mile delivery bikes’

    Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) yesterday launched 95 new motorcycles and Postmen kits in Lagos.

    Speaking at the launch at NIPOST Lagos Zonal headquarters, the Postmaster General/ Chief Executive Officer NIPOST, Bisi Adegbuyi, said the gesture is one of the organizations several initiatives to ensure effective service delivery  to its customers.

    “Our aim is to deliver all mails and passels to customers for them to be happy, which will require infrastructures.  We have initiative that would enhance 24/7 track and trace of mails and parcels. With this, we would have a good customer relation and leverage on technology. “

    “We want to use NIPOST to reduce poverty and create wealth. We have other initiative coming up that would generate opportunities,” he said.

    The Chief Operating Officer, Yahaya Rufai, said the ‘last mile delivery’ is one of its most important aspects of mail delivery value chain.

    He said the launch is a giant step in its collaborative efforts with the private sector at improving the quality of its service delivery.

    “Partnering with the Global Mercantile and Logistic Limited is a demonstration of our desire to ensure excellence in our service delivery. This collaboration would also send the appropriate signal to our customers that more than ever before, NIPOST is poised to providing seamless service using the most modern equipment that will guarantee their satisfaction at all rimes.

     

     

     

  • NIPOST to operate in seven zones for efficiency

    NIPOST to operate in seven zones for efficiency

    The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) says the recent division of its operation into seven zones and six commercial units is part of the repositioning of the agency for effective revenue generation.

    The Senior Information Officer, Corporate Affairs Department, NIPOST, Mr Frank Alao, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday.

    The Postmaster-General, Mr Bisi Adegbuyi was quoted as saying that the move was as a result of the resolve of the agency to reform and reposition it for global competitiveness while generating greater revenue.

    “The strategic reform programmes expected to engender operational efficiency and to enhance its revenue generating capacity.

    “To achieve this, the management team having critically studied and analysed the Net Post Consultant Report of 2008 on NIPOST reforms has approved the creation of Six Commercial Business Units (CBUs).

    “The units are separated into mails, counters, EMS/Parcel and financial services, the other two units include e-commerce and workshop,’’ Adegbuyi said.

    According to him, the units will be supervised by the seven zonal structures to ensure optimal efficiency and customer satisfaction.

    He added that the new CBUs were significantly existing ventures or services either merged or strengthened for the purposes of enhancing their service delivery capacities.

    He further said it would enhance competitiveness consistent with industry global best practices as well as improving on their revenue profiles.NIPOST

    According to the reform, the newly created zones will consist of a group of existing territories which are Lagos (Lagos Mainland and Lagos Island), South-West (Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Ekiti Kwara).

    South-East (Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Abia and Imo) and South-South (Edo, Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and Cross River).

    The other zones are North-Central (Kogi, Abuja, Niger, Nasarawa, Plateau and Benue), North-West (Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Jigawa and Zamfara ) and North-East (Borno, Bauchi, Adamawa, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe).

    Adegbuyi said that the zonal arrangement was for postal administrative convenience aimed at entrenching the principle of delegation and devolution of powers.

    He said that the existing territories under the zones shall be known as Postal Districts headed by District Managers for the State and reporting to the Zonal Managers.

    “While the Zonal Managers report directly to the Postmaster General of the Federation,’’ he said.

    Previously, NIPOST operated on the basis of 38 territorial structures which made its operations cumbersome.

    Adegbuyi was optimistic that the reforms, when fully operational would promote a commercially oriented organisation repositioned for better service delivery.

    He said that it would also assist in accelerating decision-making process, particularly in key operations areas like mail routes delineation, deliveries and postal enquiries.

    The NIPOST boss said it would also ensure that the agency satisfied the aspirations of all stakeholders and herald a new regime of increased streams of revenue to NIPOST coffers.

    The reform programmes will take off in the second quarter of the year, 2017.