News: Nipost Plans To Create 3,000 Jobs

Abuja - The Nigerian postal Services, Nipost, yesterday, said it was perfecting plans to create at least 3,000 jobs in the country before the end of the year.

Post master general of the agency Mallam Ibrahim Mori Baba, said at the opening ceremony of a two-day summit on Implementing Stamping Protocol in Nigeria organised by Double Platinum in Abuja that 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.

He said that to achieve the objective, 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. Baba 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 postmaster general said the programme was designed to educate people about the activities of the Nipost and to dear some wrong believes by people that the agency is 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 doesn't 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.

Source: Vanguard