Consequent upon the approval of the Postmaster General of the Federation/CEO, Eng Tola Odeyemi, ENFORCEMENT TEAM of the Courier and Logistics Regulatory Department(CLRD) NIPOST embarked upon clampdown operations against illegal/unregisrered/unlicensed courier and logistics  business operators in the federation capital territory and its environs on monday 4th December 2023.

 

Several illegal/unregistered/unlicensed operators and dispatch riders' were apprehended, and some of their premises of operations were sealed off for violation of the extant laws.

 

The enforcement team which consists of CLRD Management staff, officers from the force criminal investigation department(FCID), fully armed Police officers from the FCT police force headquarters and gentlemen of the press carried out the operation in Abuja.

 

Addressing   journalists, shortly after the clampdown exercise,the General Manager, Courier and Logistics Regulatory Department ( CLRD), NIPOST, Mr. Gideon Oludotun Shonde said they were sealed for "operating their illegal businesses without obtaining a grant of operating license from NIPOST as stipulated by the extant laws."

 

"It is also a crime against the state to operate in a space that is regulated without registration and licence," he said.

 

This clampdown is in line with the statutory provision of Section 43(1, 2 and 3), NIPOST ACT, Cap127, LFN 2004, and Regulatory Operational Guid 2023.

 

The General Manager expressed his disappointment as many courier and logistics operators nationwide openly engaged in unlicensed/ illegal courier and logistics operators with reckless abandoned, without considering ethical standards and professional practise.

 

He promised to arrest the ugly scenario and sanitize the courier and logistics business in the country as long as it takes

 

 

 

The GM hinted that the quacks engage in unethical sharp practices, which include but are not limited to the following; 

 

price undercutting, broaching,

damages, 

loss and dumping of customers items, poaching and subletting of operating license with numerous public complains about customer's packages  being duped or obtaining money from them under false pretenses, with no traceable office address nor registered brand name"

 

The GM advised that "any interested private investors in the Courier and Logistics business should follow the due process by obtaining a grant of operating licenses from the federal government. (NIPOST)"

 

He noted that henceforth, one has the right to operate illegal courier and logistics business nationwide without obtaining the operational license.

 

 

 

The General Manager Courier and Logistics Regulatory Department (CLRD), Mr. Gideon Oludotun Shonde, by his left, is the State Postal Manager (SPM), Abuja, Mr. Tijani Idakwoji Balla and the ENFORCEMENT TEAM ready to hit the road of Abuja Metropolis.