The Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) has stated it’s engaged on an in depth partnership with the Lagos State Authorities to spice up e-commerce within the state.
The Postmaster-Normal/Chief Govt Officer of NIPOST, Ms. Tola Odeyemi said this on Wednesday throughout a courtesy go to to the State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
In accordance with her, a partnership with Lagos State would allow the Service to optimize last-mile supply and guarantee seamless connectivity throughout the metropolis and throughout the nation.
“The e-commerce sector is quickly increasing, and Lagos is on the forefront of this progress. By means of enhanced postal and logistics companies, we intention to assist small companies and people collaborating in e-commerce,” she said.
Lagos as a essential accomplice
Whereas noting that one in all her main targets, because the Postmaster-Normal, is to foster strategic partnerships that might improve the effectivity and relevance of NIPOST’s companies in a quickly evolving world, the NIPOST boss stated:
“I see Lagos State as a essential accomplice in reaching this imaginative and prescient, given its standing because the financial hub of Nigeria.”
- Odeyemi stated the courtesy go to to Governor Sanwo-Olu exhibits the significance of partnership in governance and repair supply, saying NIPOST is able to collaborate with the Lagos State Authorities to drive innovation, increase financial growth, and improve public service supply.
- She additionally praised the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration for a number of applications held in December that attracted many individuals within the diaspora to journey to Lagos for ‘Detty December.’
Sanwo-Olu duties NIPOST on innovation
Talking earlier, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu charged the Postmaster-Normal to problem the established order for a sustainable change for right now and future wants.
- He urged the Nigerian Postal Service to make use of know-how as an enabler to boost the convenience of doing enterprise in Lagos State and Nigeria.
- The Governor additionally reiterated the dedication of the Lagos State Authorities to collaborate with the NIPOST workplace service centres to enhance its bodily areas and improve e-commerce in addition to the motion and gross sales of products.
“You and your staff must suppose outdoors of the field make a distinction and revamp NIPOST. Don’t be shy about difficult the established order.
“Don’t be shy about saying you wish to change what you met as a result of the individuals who created these issues a number of years in the past did what was obtainable then. In order for you an organisation that may meet right now’s and future wants, change is a actuality,” Governor Sanwo-Olu suggested the Postmaster-Normal.
What it’s best to know
- NIPOST, which had for years suffered decline in income as a consequence of low patronage, lately declared that it grew its income by 275% in 2024.
- The NIPOST CEO, who introduced this stated the Service was in a position to increase its income technology by blocking loopholes and bettering its service high quality, which led to a rise in patronage of its companies.
- To maintain its income progress, Odetola stated NIPOST had began by renovating and upgrading a few of its places in Abuja, Lagos, and Kaduna by upgrading its Postal Institute, which is vital to the change administration that Nigerians wish to see in NIPOS over the approaching years.
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