NIPOST To Upgrade Infrastructure

Contract has been awarded for the upgrade of all Information and Communications Technology (ICT) backbone infrastructure at the International Mail Processing Centre Ikeja-Lagos to enable NIPOST deploy the latest version of IPS and IFS in compliance with the Universal Postal Union (UPU) directives.
The Federal Government has said that if the current effort to reposition the Postal sector in Nigeria is sustained, the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) would be able to not only provide financial inclusion to the citizenry but also absorb a greater number of youths in its workforce.

Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Communication Technology, Dr Tunde Olaopa, who stated this at an event to mark World Post Day in Abuja, noted that postal network’s financial, electronic and physical dimensions can contribute significantly to socio-economic development, job creation and poverty reduction as contained in the postal reform programmes.
He observed that the rapidly changing nature of traditional mail business, the advent of digital economy as well as the navigation of consumers among multiple channels to communicate are key factors that are changing the way postal business is conducted, hence the need for innovation for business survival.