NIPOST Seeks Collaboration With Interior Ministry To Deliver International Passports

Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has expressed its interest in partnering with the Federal Ministry of Interior to utilise its facilities for the delivery of international passports and other critical documents.

Gatekeepers News reports that the Postmaster General of the Federation/CEO of NIPOST, Miss. Tola Odeyemi, discussed this during a visit to the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, at the headquarters in Abuja.

NIPOST aims to deepen inter-agency collaboration by leveraging its extensive network for e-fulfilment services in Nigeria.

This collaboration could potentially provide a solution to enhance the efficient delivery of essential documents to citizens both within the country and in the diaspora.

NIPOST in the statement released on Wednesday said Odeyemi’s visit was aimed at fostering partnership, and opening channels of synergy between the two organizations based on her three-point agenda which includes “Delivery of critical document i.e., International Passport, Backend services for processing of passport utilizing NIPOST selected locations, and the use of NIPOST for Address Verification System (AVS).”

“The NIPOST boss concluded by soliciting the Ministry’s partnership in utilizing the NIPOST network for the delivery of critical documents to citizens in the country and in the diaspora. She said the role of NIPOST is strategic in enhancing security, which is crucial to the development of the nation, in addition to fulfilling the Nation’s quest to grow the digital economy,” the statement read

In response, the Minister of Interior expressed his support for the collaboration and his commitment to exploring strategic partnerships that fulfill his mandate to Nigerians.

“He pledged to support the Postmaster General to succeed, as he is committed to seeing to the fulfilment of the collaboration with the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST). He emphasized that the office of the Minister is always accessible for productive strategic partnership and the Ministry will continue to explore ways and cultivate collaboration that would help in fulfilling his mandate to Nigerians,” the NIPOST said in the statement.

The move comes as part of the efforts to reform and transform NIPOST into a modern and effective institution capable of driving e-commerce growth.