Sequel to the approval of the Postmaster General of the Federation/CEO, Eng Tola Odeyemi, the ENFORCEMENT TEAM of the Courier and Logistics Regulatory Department(CLRD) NIPOST embarked on clampdown operations of illegal/unregisrered/unlicensed private postal, express, delivery, dispatch, courier and logistics service operators in the federal capital territory and its environs, yesterday May 3rd 2024.

 

Several illegal/unregistered/unlicensed operators and dispatch riders were apprehended.

 

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 FCT Abuja .

 

The General Manager, Courier and Logistics Regulatory Department ( CLRD), NIPOST, Mr. Gideon Oludotun Shonde while addressing the gentlemen of the press declared that the clampdown is in line with the statutory provision of Section 43(1, 2 and 3), NIPOST ACT, Cap127, LFN 2004, and Courier and Logistics Regulatory (OPERATIONAL) Guidelines 2024.

 

They were arrested  for "operating their illegal businesses without obtaining a grant of operating license from the Postmaster General of the Federation (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

 

The General Manager stated that many of these illegal/ unlicensed/ unregistered courier and logistics operators nationwide possess a security threat to the nation. They engaged openly with reckless abandonment without considering ethical standards and professional practise.

 

The G.M. (CLRD) hinted that these 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 missing, 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)"

 

 

The Enforcement team, in action on the road of Abuja. FCT

 

 

 The Enforcement team is moving out the seized motor bikes from the scene.