The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) is seeking to collaborate with the Federal Ministry of Interior to use its facilities for the delivery of international passports and other critical documents.
The Postmaster General of the Federation/Chief Executive Officer of NIPOST, Miss Tola Odeyemi stated this when she paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, in Abuja.
Odeyemi said that the partnership would deepen existing inter-agency collaboration by leveraging NIPOST’s vast network for e-fulfillment services in Nigeria.
“This partnership, if successful, would reflect part of the changes Nigerians have been clamouring for in putting NIPOST’s facilities to good use,” she said.
Odeyemi’s visit was aimed at fostering partnership and opening channels of synergy between the two organisations based on her three-point agenda, which include: “Delivery of critical document i.e. international passport, backend services for processing of passport utilising NIPOST selected locations, and the use of NIPOST for Address Verification System (AVS).”
The NIPOST boss concluded by soliciting the ministry’s partnership in utiliding the NIPOST network for the delivery of critical documents to citizens in the country and in the diaspora. She said the role of NIPOST is strategic in enhancing security, which is crucial to the development of the nation, in addition to fulfilling the country’s quest to grow the digital economy.
Responding, Tunji-Ojo congratulated the Postmaster General on her well-deserved appointment and expressed confidence that with her expertise she will drive the organisation to greater heights.
He pledged to support the Postmaster-General to succeed, as he is committed to seeing to the fulfillment of the collaboration with NIPOST.
The minister emphasised that his office is always accessible for productive strategic partnership, adding that the ministry will continue to explore ways and cultivate collaboration that would help in fulfilling its mandate to Nigerians.
