NIPOST Harps on Technology to Innovate Products, Services
Dr. Ismail Adebayo Adewusi, the Postmaster General (PMG) of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), has said that due to technology evolution and in order to facilitate the ease of doing business across the country has compelled NIPOST to innovate its products and services in line with technology trends.
Adewusi dropped this hint in his opening remarks during NIPOST Day, at the just concluded 2021 Lagos International Trade Fair, organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI).
Adewusi who was represented by the Lagos Zonal Manager at NIPOST, Mrs. Toyin Egbesola, said, given the mandate to provide postal administration and services to all Nigerians, NIPOST had since repositioned in line with modern technology, to enhance ease of doing business across the country.
Adewusi said “Communication is critical to connecting business, and postal service is one of the most popular medium of communication.
“In spite of the development of electronic means of communication, postal service has not lost its relevance. It is more important in a developing country like Nigeria, where it has not been possible to develop the modern means and make them accessible all over the country.
“Effective postal services, facilitate business activities and make the business environment more conducive for the public. NIPOST helps to make the remittance of trade values in terms of money order, postal order, stamps, and financial services, more convenient.”
He pointed out that in places where there is no banking facility; postal service would always be there to provide ease of business.
In her welcome address, President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mrs. Toki Mabogunje, said the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector has demonstrated an uncommon resilience in the spirit of competition of the digital transmission of messages across the globe.
Mabogunje, commended the innovative leadership at NIPOST that has initiated new models of postal services to remain relevant in the communication ecosystem.
She charged the management of NIPOST to deploy more technology in order to have a much more efficient service delivery.
