Nigerian Postal Service

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Nigerian Postal Service
Company type State-owned (government monopoly)
Industry Postal administration
Founded Nigeria (1987)
Headquarters Garki, Abuja
Key people
Tola Odeyemi Postmaster General/CEO
ProductsEMS, E-COMMERCE, CARGO, HAULAGE, PROPERTIES, FINANCIAL SERVICES
Revenueunknown
Number of employees
(12,000)
Website Official Website

The Nigerian Postal Service, abbreviated as NIPOST is a Nigerian government-owned and operated corporation postal company responsible for providing postal services in Nigeria. [1] It has more than 12,000 employees and operates more than 3,000 post offices.

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The Nigerian Postal Service has the following departments:

Nigeria is a member of the Universal postal Union, West African Postal Conference. [3]

See also

Notes

  1. "Status and Structures of Postal Administrations" (PDF). UPU : 237. June 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  2. "About NIPOST". The Nigerian Postal Service. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  3. "WAPC member countries". UPU . Archived from the original on 10 June 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2010.

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