● GM CLRD 

 

Consequent upon 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 commenced the clampdown operations against illegal/unregisrered/unlicensed courier  and logistics  business operators in Lagos state,today Thursday 18th April 2024.

 

Thirty-three (33)  illegal/unlicensed/unregistered/operators were apprehended by the team and handed over to the Police for prosecution and further due processes.

 

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

 

Addressing   journalists, shortly after the clampdown exercise,the General Manager, Courier and Logistics Regulatory Department(CLRD), NIPOST, Mr. Gideon Oludotun Shonde declared the reasons for the arrest. 

He said they were arrested for "operating illegally and refusal to obtain a grant of operating license from the Postmaster General of the Federation as stipulated by the extant laws."

 

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

 

The GM(CLRD) explained further the dimensional approach of the clamdown nationwide. 

And it is as follows:

1. CAPITAL MARKET OPERATION CLAMDOWNS

2. MOTOR PARKS AND GARRAGES OPERATION CLAMDOWNS

3. COURIER SHEDS AT THE AIRPORTS OPERATION CLAMDOWNS

4. TRAFFIC LIGHTS, AND ROAD OPERATION CLAMDOWNS nationwide as usual.

 

The General Manager expressed his displeasure as many Private Postal, Courier, Express, Dispatch,Delivery and Logistics Operators nationwide engaged openly in illegal courier and logistics services with reckless abandoned, without considering for ethical standards and professional practise.

 

He promised not to relent in arresting the ugly scenario by sanitizing the courier and logistics business in the country for as long as it takes.

 

The GM 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 or obtaining money from customers under false pretenses, 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 of Courier and Logistics Regulatory Department and the police officers from the force criminal investigation department (Alagbon),ikoyi Lagos.

 

 

Cross section of the illegal/unlicensed couriers operators in Lagos and the general public.