In Curbing Wastage of Government Resources, FG Will Privatise NIPOST

The Federal Government has indicated plans to privatise theNigeria Postal service (NIPOST) . The acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, stated this during an unscheduled visit to the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology on Tuesday. In a statement, the deputy director of Communications at the office of the Head of Civil Service […]

The Federal Government has indicated plans to privatise theNigeria Postal service (NIPOST) .

The acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, stated this during an unscheduled visit to the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology on Tuesday.

In a statement, the deputy director of Communications at the office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mohammed Manga, said Ms. Oyo-Ita hinted that the Nigerian Postal Services will possibly enter into public private partnership in areas such as courier services, money transfer, E-comerce and mordernizing postal services.

He said the aim of the intended privatisation was to stem wastage of government’s resources.