Authorities of the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) are now currently conferring with select banks on how the numerous postal agencies and mega post offices lying wastes across the local governments can serve as intermediaries.
If the deal sails through, Nigerians living in rural areas may not need to enter major cities to carry out banking activities, rather they will access the services via the postal agencies.,
It would be recalled that the Minister of Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu had during the recent conference of the national Council on Communications held in Kaduna, announced the plans of the federal government in unbundling NIPOST to six enterprises in partnership with the private investors.
But the latest restatement came from Hajiya Simbiat Lawal Lawal, Senior Assistant Post Master General and the head of Corporate Communication, Nigerian Postal Services.
She said “NIPOST is working closely with banks to serve as intermediaries where customers can withdraw and save money in rural communities where there are no banking facilities. This innovation is being done with the support of the Central Bank of Nigeria”.
She gave the hint on the occasion of the World Post Day, stressing that Nigeria postal services was leaving no stone unturned in keying into the information communication technology to provide quality postal services that would satisfy all the aspirations.
According Lawal, the universal postal services union was encouraging its members to be innovative and inclusive.
She added that the post with its wide physical presence in the remotest part of the country was undoubtedly a major player in the information society.
