The Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) has finally restruc­tured after years of uncertainties over its future, holding out hope of creat­ing at least 3,000 jobs in the country before the end of the year.
The Post Master-General, Mallam Ibrahim Mori Baba, revealed this yesterday, in Abuja at the ongoing two-day summit on Implementing Stamping Protocol in Nige­ria, organised by one of its agencies, Double Platinum.
Baba said the job creation plan was initiated as part of NIPOST’s strategy to broaden the scope and coverage of all sectors of the economy in the implementation of the Stamp Duties Act.
To achieve this objective, he said NIPOST would be partnering with more than 10 private companies and consul­tants with the capacity of cre­ating employment opportuni­ties for more than 3,000 young graduates across the country.
He said NIPOST was com­mitted to encouraging open door policy and private part­nership to complement the effort of the Federal Govern­ment through its reform pro­grammes, which, apart from creating an enabling envi­ronment for attracting local and foreign investments, had broadened the scope and depth of private sector participation in the Nigerian economy.
The Post Master-General said the programme was de­signed to educate people about the activities of NIPOST and to clear beliefs that the agency was collecting unlawful tax from the public through the stamp duties.
Baba, who debunked the claims, explained that such collection was in compli­ance with the law and did not amount to illegal tax collec­tion.
‘‘The issue has always been that NIPOST is collecting tax and we want to get people to understand that what we are doing is for us to remind them that there is a law they are sup­posed to comply with.”