Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Ali Pantami has said that the increase of licence fee by the Nigeria Postal Service was not part of the regulation earlier approved for it.
The increase in the licence fee for courier and logistics firms has generated storm on social media with many speaking against it, prompting the minister to intervene.
The same country that grants big businesses tax waivers, is here to kill courier and logistics firms, which are mostly new and owned by youths. For a country with unbelievably high unemployment rate, this is both insensitive and unwise. Nigerians deserve better. #SayNoToNipostFee pic.twitter.com/l66faIf8br
— Gimba Kakanda (@gimbakakanda) July 25, 2020
NIPOST should not be allowed to charge these ridiculous fees, @femigbaja. Thousands of young Nigerians have lost jobs in the last few months. Some turned to courier services. A friend who lost his job bought these from Oride. Please don’t let him commit suicide. #SayNoToNipostFee pic.twitter.com/p9j3Jz5BVl
— Dr Dípò Awójídé (@OgbeniDipo) July 25, 2020
Mr CEO, how did he arrive at these figures? Some of these companies don't make this much in an entire year. Union levy, agbero levy, LG levy, Lagos state levy, Nipost levy..
— Dr. Trossard 🦇 ( Cerebral Assassin ) (@fimiletoks) July 25, 2020
Bombard the lines and email till this rubbish is cancelled..50 mails / 50 calls per day#SayNoToNipostFee pic.twitter.com/6dsEZl2r6J
If Nipost was efficient
— Osi (@Osi_Suave) July 25, 2020
We won't have to use dispatch riders.
But the govt has seen a thriving business and is now looking for a way to eat from where no concern them #SayNoToNipostFee
But the minister waded into the matter through his twitter handle.
2) @NipostNgn, d power of regulation of NIPOST lies with the Minister. Any change of fee must be specific & be approved by him before implementation. I know the economic challenges of NIPOST. However, looking at the economic hardship of our citizens, we need to suspend any move
— Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (@ProfIsaPantami) July 25, 2020
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