Monday, October 10,
2016
In its attempt to
remain relevant and be profitable in world of IT, the Nigerian Postal Service
(NIPOST) has introduced delivery of agricultural goods.
The federal government
owned postal service also included in its delivery package, pharmaceutical
drugs and cosmetics.
Others are automobile
spare parts, electronics and electrical parts, computer and accessories,
furniture and household items, beverages and assorted food items.
With the introduction
of the service, the organization has effectively diversified from mere mail
delivery and money service.
The Post Master General
of NIPOST, Mr. Asiwaju Adegbuyi, said their target clientele cuts across all classes
of customers.
They are individuals,
traders and non-traders, corporate organizations, conglomerates, manufacturing
and trading companies and industries.
He added that the mode
of transportation would be land (road), sea, rail and air.
According to Daily
Trust, Adegbuyi spoke at World Post Day in Jos.
He was represented by
Plateau State Area Post Master Manager Malam Abubakar Usman.
NIPOST, he said, was
planning to bring postal leaders and stakeholders to discuss new ways of
transforming their business to meet costumers' needs in changing Postal
paradigm.
NIPOST had earlier
adopted the internet in a variety of ways to enhance services to our customers.
It includes the
delivery of cargo in remote rural areas, taking money to bank customers where they
do not have branches and e-commerce services within and outside the country to
meet customers' daily needs.
It introduced special
electronic money transfer platform in order to meet the demand of its clients,
especially the rural dwellers.
The organization also
introduced new mobile services which would be undertaken simultaneously with
NIPOST's traditional door to door mail service delivery system.
The innovation came to
fruition after NIPOST struck a partnership deal with some commercial banks in the
country.
SOURCE: VANGUARD