World Post Day: PH  District Counts Benefits

As the world celebrates World Post Day today, the Port Harcourt District Manager, Mrs Funmilayo Esiri, says the Nigerian Postal Service ((NIPOST), has adjusted favourably to rank among the best in the world.
Esiri who spoke with newsmen yesterday in Port Harcourt , said that NIPOST had done enough to beat any kind of challenge in the industry.
She recalled how the introduction of the information technology into the system nearly threatened the industry, but expressed satisfaction that NIPOST had remained in business.
She listed some innovations of the post to include Post Cash that enabled online cash transfer, saying the system was useful for those who move cash around for business transaction.
The district manager, also listed E-commerce and Logistic as one of the innovations in the postal system, which according to her aided in transfer of larger items from the country to overseas at a subsidized rate, as well as Post Shop, which aids in bringing services closer to the people.
She expressed regrets that people were yet to utilize the numerous business opportunities available in NIPOST.
“This celebration is an opportunity for me to brief and assure you that our leadership position in the postal industry and existing  goodwill with Government of Rivers State under Governor Nyesom Wike, will be maintained”, she added.
She further hinted that the POST had since left its traditional service delivery system and joined the modern practice.
It would be recalled that this year’s celebration was the 145th anniversary of the Universal Postal  Union (UPU), since its inception in 1874 by an agency of the United Nations Organization (UNO), which is marked every October 9.