Daily Independent (Lagos)
David Agba
13 January 2009
Abuja — NIGCOMSAT and the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) have entered a partnership through which 1,500 post offices across the country would be connected with internet facilities for easy operations.
Hussaina Ato, Public Relations Manager of NIPOST disclosed this in Abuja while briefing the media on the forthcoming 24th Universal Postal Union (UPU) congress in Geneva, Switzerland.
She said that plans were in top gear to make NIPOST more competitive with it contemporaries, especially with advent of the GSM which Ato noted does not pose any threat her organization.
On the on-going restructuring the PR Manager explained that "it does not mean retrenchment, we are repositioning by swapping offices, there is a Bill regulating the post in Nigeria with the Government, we want to have an organization where everything will be strictly done on business. No retrenchment for now."
Speaking on the UPU congress Ato described it as the most important international conference for all postal operators and provides excellent opportunity to hear leaders speak on all the current key issues including best practice, regulatory matters and increasing competition.
"It serves as a showcase for postal administrations and creates an environment in which to review and discuss operational developments and strategies as well as exhibition of new technologies which administrations can buy-in to further improve their system," she added.
According to her, the 2008 forum would review the strategies adopted in 2004, known as the Bucharest world postal strategy, review the rules and regulations on operations, review of payment of tariff between member administrations and analyze the main results achieved within the framework of the recommendations of the Bucharest strategy.
She also mentioned that Nigeria would use the opportunity of the conference to seek re-election as Chairman of the Finance Committee, membership of the Postal Operations Council, the highest ruling body of UPU, among others.
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