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The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has ordered the Nigerian Postal Service to halt the implementation of the new charges on courier and logistics companies immediately.
Pantami said this in a tweet on Saturday
He said, “Please NIPOST, our attention has been drawn to an increase of licence fee, which was not part of the regulation I earlier approved for you. Your chairman and PMG (Postmaster-General) were yesterday contacted to put the implementation on hold and send a report to our ministry by Monday”.
Recall that the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) recently announced new fees for courier and logistic business operators in Nigeria, provoking anger amongst Nigerians on social media. NIPOST increased the new license fees for Municipal operators to N1 million and annual renewals fees to 40% of new license fees at N400,000.00 a year.
State operators’ fees rose to N2 million, regional to N5 million, national to N10 million, while international operators like DHL, UPS and FEDEX are meant to pay N20 million as license fees. All license renewal fees are pegged at 40% of license fees per zone.
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