NIPOST set to reclaim encroached lands nationwide
Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) said it will deploy all means and strategies to recover all it encroached landed properties across the country.
Post-Master and Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ismail Adebayo Adewusi disclosed this during his familiarization visit to the Kano district office under Kaduna Zonal office, adding that the service have seen serious encroachment of NIPOST properties across the country, but with the NIPOST properties company, it will recover them using all manners or strategies.
The post-master also argued the threats pose by internet on NIPOST which has led to the continued decline in the services Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and hinted that plans are underway to upgrade the services to run NIPOST e-government services which will be second to none in order to boost its IGR.
Adewusi said “Our vision is to make NIPOST a one-stop-shop with its capacity to do so many things. A NIPOST that our e-government platform or services will be second to none, which involves collecting of your international passport from the post office, driver’s license and registration for identity card will be collected from the post office. So these are some of the things coming.
“One of the ways the government is trying to address that is the unbundling of NIPOST into commercial entities so that NIPOST can be efficient, competing and leveraging on support.
“So it has also become important for NIPOST to think out of the box so that we will continue to maintain our relevance and impact on society.
“Similarly, the Federal Government has already approved the setting up of three new companies out of NIPOST structure. We now have registered NIPOST properties company, registered NIPOST logistics and transport and we are also ready to set up a NIPOST Microfinance bank to further assist the government in it financial institution strategy, particularly in the rural areas where banks do not exist or where they exist, are underserved.”
Earlier, NIPOST Kaduna zonal manager, Dauda Musa Iliya, harped on the need for the service to receive general upliftment from infrastructural decay to improved welfare for the workers while soliciting for the support of the workers to enable the Postmaster deliver on his mandate.
