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尼日利亚(Nigerian Postal)

HISTORY OF THE NIGERIAN POSTAL SERVICE35I21便民网

The history of the Post in Nigeria dates back to 19th century. The first post office was established by the British Colonial Masters in 1852. It was considered to be a part of the British postal system. It was a branch of London General Post Office and this was the situation till 1874. (1862) when the Post Office began its career as a full fledge Department , the Royal Niger Company (RNC) which was actively involved in economic activities in the country, set up its own postal system in Akassa in 1887, Calabar in 1891, Burutu in 1897 and Lokoja in 1899. Mail were being moved from these trading stations to and from Lagos by a weekly mail boat. 35I21便民网

In 1898, the British Post Office established post offices at Badagary, Epe, Ikorodu, Ijebu-Ode, Ibadan and Abeokuta. In 1892, the Royal Niger Company became a member of the Universal Postal Union. By 1908, Money Orders and mail were directly exchanged with the German West African Colonies instead of via London, as it was the practice. 35I21便民网

In 1925, Royal Airforce planes flew from Kano to Cairo carrying mail for the first time outside the country. From January 1, 1900, the Southern Nigeria Government took over the responsibility of running the postal system in the entire country. There were not too many good road in those days as such mail were conveyed by canoes, launchers and runners which could only operate at intervals of two weeks or less. 35I21便民网

The first post-office in Northern Nigeria was established and located at Lokoja in 1899. While mail delivery was initially the business focus, British Postal orders were being sold and encashed as from 1907 in post offices located at headquarters of all District Commissioners. Internal AirMail flights started in 1931. By 1906, 27 Post Offices were operating and at the time of independence in 1960, 176 Post Offices, 10 sub Post offices and 1,000 Postal agencies were in the country. 35I21便民网

At independence, the post was administered jointly with Telecommunications as a government department. Later, postal establishments and services grew in leaps and bounds. The Federal Government by Decree No. 22 of 1966 made the department a quasi-commercial organisation a step towards making it more efficient and responsive to public needs. 35I21便民网

The Nigeria Postal service Department came into being with the establishment of the Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) on January 1, 1985. NITEL emerged from the merger of the Telecommunications arm of the defunct Post and Telecommunications Department of the Ministry of Communications with the former Nigeria External Telecommunications Limited (NET). Through the promulgation of decree No. 18 of 1987, NIPOST became an Extra-Ministerial Department. 35I21便民网

The decree provided among other functions of NIPOST, the following: 35I21便民网

To provide and operate facilities for collection, dispatch and distribution of inland and overseas mail at reasonable cost. 35I21便民网

To provide and operate facilities for remittance of money through the money or postal order systems.35I21便民网

To provide and operate philatelic services in Nigeria. 35I21便民网

To print and provide postage stamps for payment of postage tariff and payment of stamp duties. 35I21便民网

To represent Nigeria in its relations with other postal administrations and other bodies concerned with postal services. Prior to 1992, NIPOST operated as an Extra-Ministerial Department in the Ministry of Communications while Decree 18 of 1987 went through various amendments. 35I21便民网

In response to the call to grant NIPOST some measure of autonomy, the Federal Government promulgated Decree 41 of 1992 and classified NIPOST as a Government Parastatal having the following basic functions: 35I21便民网

To develop, promote, and provide adequate and efficiently coordinated postal services at reasonable rates. 35I21便民网

To maintain an efficient system of collection, sorting and delivery of mail nationwide. 35I21便民网

To provide various types of mail services to meet the needs of different categories of mailers. 35I21便民网

To establish and maintain Postal facilities of such character and in such locations consistent with reasonable economics as will enable the generality of the public to have ready access to essential postal services. 35I21便民网

To represent the Federal Republic of Nigeria is her relations with other Postal Administrations and International bodies. 35I21便民网

In addition to the above stated functions, NIPOST also has powers: 35I21便民网

To determine the need for Post Offices, Postal facilities and equipment as it may determine. 35I21便民网

To prescribe the amount of postage stamps and the manner in which it is to be paid. 35I21便民网

To provide Philatelic Services. 35I21便民网

To establish and review Postal Tariff. 35I21便民网

To explore additional services to boost its revenue. 35I21便民网

To provide and establish non-postal or similar services 35I21便民网