NIPOST introduces innovations for effectiveness

As part of its  transformation agenda,   the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) has  introduced   some digital products  which include  e -commerce,  e-documents, e- money  order,  e-Stamp, e-finance, Property and workshop among others. 
This was made known by the Chairman of  NIPOST Board, Maimuna Yaya  Abubakar, during her three-day working visit to the South-East , Enugu zone.
The reform agenda  was  aimed at  attainment  of strategic importance,  financial accretion. operational  efficiency, and   accessibility. She said that the new management of NIPOST was working hard and building new innovations in order to transform the organization .             “NIPOST today is moving with the world. The world has moved  to digital era.  The new management of the board actually  found  a way  of upgrading  the standard to what it should be. We are a  world class organization,  though we are still working on it. That’s the magic. The  magic is building  innovations,  making the services  attractive,  making it viable,  making the services effective”, she said. .                                                                           According to her,  NIPOST  offers  services such as e-finance,  , e-document , e-commerce, transport and logistics  in order to diversify its revenue streams.                          On e-commerce,  she said it is an on-line  platform in  which goods were purchased online. On e-document,   people who want to fill JAMB form  for instance,  or want to obtain passport,  needed not to go to JAMB office or immigration office, but walk to any NIPOST office and fill the forms on-line.                                                                                      She added  that with various services  NIPOST offers additional  jobs were created. “If you open businesses,  you are opening employment. NIPOST open up businesses and offer jobs.                 ..                                              On the challenges the organization faces,  the chairman said it’s funding. “We generate fund but we don’t  generate enough to cover our businesses.  We are hopeful that with the innovations we introduced,  with time,  fund will be a thing of the past”.