FG mandates NIPOST to raise services to global standards

The task of making the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) profitable is one that must be accomplished.

The Postmaster-General of NIPOST, Dr Ismail Adebayo Adewusi, said this on Thursday to the staff members of the organisation in Lagos.

Adewusi, who led other top management staff members of NIPOST on a facility tour of the organization in Lagos, said President Muhammadu Buhari, has mandated the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy to raise NIPOST to global standards in delivering quality services to its customers.

Facilities inspected on the first day of the tour which would run for two days include the International Mail Processing Centre, NAHCO Centre, at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, Post Office, Oshodi, General Post Office, Marina, Philately Department, NIPOST Lafiaji and the NIPOST courier services regulatory centre, Lagos Island.

In company with the NIPOST boss was the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Mrs Nwakanma Loreto.

Adewusi said it would amount to self-delusion to pretend there are no challenges facing the organisation, adding that it’s only in facing those challenges that they would be surmounted.

He said he was in Lagos to get first hand information on the state of infrastructure and the operations of the company with a view to delivering on the mandate he has to breathe life into the organisation.

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“President Buhari and the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, have expressed their readiness to support us in order to attain the status of a world-class service delivery company.

‘This is because NIPOST has a critical role to play in the realisation of a digital economy.

“We want to be able to operate at the same wavelength as any other internationally recognised service company.”

Saying operations in Lagos is key to the overall success of the courier and logistics company, he said: “if we get it right here, it means we will get it right everywhere.”

He urged workers to be conscious of the competitive market where NIPOST operates, adding that it is the quality of services rendered that would earn the organisation a place in the competitive world.

“What we have done here today is to bring you a message of hope. But, we also challenge you to put in your best as I can assure you that these are the surest ways to your welfare as well,” he added

The General Manager, International Mail Processing Centre, Mr Biodun Ogundele, on the occasion, listed some of the roles the department plays in helping the country to foil criminal activities through courier channels while the General Manager,

Philately Department, Mrs Funmilayo Ogunlana, presented to Adewusi, a ceremonial stamp to mark the visit.