By Ihechi Enyinnaya
Workers of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) have shut down the head office of the service in Abuja to protest the appointment of Tola Odeyemi as Chief Executive Officer/Post Master General.
President Bola Tinubu appointed new leaderships of communication agencies, including NIPOST last week.
However, moments after the news of Odeyemi’s appointment, there were reports that Adeyemi Adepoju, the sacked Post Master-General had been reinstated.
In a viral video, Adepoju was seen addressing some workers who claimed Tinubu had reappointed him.
But on Monday, the protesting workers denied the newly appointed NIPOST CEO entry, saying her appointment was against their wish.
Daily Review Online reports that NIPOST has been plagued by management crisis resulting in poor performance. Recently, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said revenue generation from postal services dipped by 17.05% from N3.63 billion in 2021 to N3.01 billion in 2022.
This was contained in the Bureau’s document on Postal Services 2022.
It said the total revenue generated from postal activities in 2022 fell by 17.05% from N3.63 billion in 2021 to N3.01 billion in 2022.
The document also noted that the total number of Post Offices and Postal Agencies decreased by 19.43% from 2,794 in 2021 to 2,251 in 2022.
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According NBS, the total number of boxes installed in 2022 was 836,731, showing a decrease of 0.08% from 837,428 in 2021.
The total number of PMBs available in 2022 stood at 20,775, showing a fall of 8.44% from 22,689 in 2021.
The Bureau further said the total number of postal articles handled in 2022 increased by 102.05% from 17.7 million in 2021 to 35.7 million in 2022.
NBS noted that Lagos state had the highest number of boxes installed in 2022 with 143,416, while Jigawa recorded the least with 1,800.