Nigeria joined 43 other member states that make up the Pan African Postal Union (PAPU) to celebrate the 2019 Pan African Post Day.
PAPU is a specialized agency of the African Union which was established on the 18th of January, 1980 following the adoption of a resolution in Gabon in 1977 by member states to provide a unique forum through which matters relating to Postal services in Africa can be discussed in line African experience.
As part of activities lined up for the occasion, the Management of NIPOST said the Day would be used to highlight some modest achievements recorded by the current leadership of Barr. Bisi Adegbuyi since his assumption of office some 3 years ago, especially efforts to reform and digitalize the postal service to meet the aspirations of our teeming customers and the public at large.
A statement on Friday, by Franklyn Alao, General Manager, Corporate Communications, NIPOST, reeled out some of the milestones achieved by the agency, which include restructuring of the Nigerian Postal Service into 7 Zones for administrative convenience and ease of decision making process for efficient service delivery.
He said NIPOST under the headship of Adegbuyi has provided over 120 power bikes to enhance last mile delivery of mails in Lagos and Abuja Zones for a start.
In addition, the statement said Management has enhanced products diversification and introduction of ICT based products such as Digital Addressing System (DAS), Address Verification System (AVS), e-commerce, financial services, e-money order, e-postage stamp, Track and Trace facility for online tracking of mail items and parcels, partnership with some banks for financial inclusion and with Bank of Agriculture for easy access to farmers.
Other achievements are training and retraining of staff on the use of social media for effective service delivery, renovation/rehabilitation of major post offices and corporate headquarters as a means of boosting staff and the public confidence in postal services etc.
Since 1986, it has been customary at the General Secretariat of PAPU and throughout member states to celebrate the Pan African Post Day on 18thJanuary.
Among other things, the Day provides an opportunity to underscore the critical contributions of the post in the economic Socio-political as well as attainment of national development goals of member countries.
The theme for this year celebration is “Together, let’s diversify our offering by digitalization”.
