THE Courier Regulatory Department (CRD) of
NIPOST in Lagos, has shutdown operations at two courier companies, allegedly
rendering services without licences in the country.
The Senior Assistant
Post-Master General of NIPOST and Head of CRD, Dr. Simon Emeje, disclosed that
the two illegal operators were closed for not pass through licences processing
of the CRD of NIPOST.
He said the two illegal operators are OJ
Transports, located in Jibowu and Happy Family Motors, situated at Ojuelegba,
Lagos
He said that the clampdown on was a
national assignment and essential for the sanity of the courier sub-sector.
According to him, the
companies have not gone through the CRD's licensing process, hence, their
operation is detrimental to the sector.
Similarly, NIPOST revoked the
operational licence of 10 courier companies.
Emeje, said that the
operational licences were revoked for non-renewal.
According to senior assistant postmaster
general, the courier companies had refused to renew their licences for up to a
period of five years running.
He regretted that the CRD has
been so magnanimous and given the companies a lot of grace period, because it
wants indigenous courier company to grow, but they refused to heed to advice.
He listed the companies
whose licences were revoked to include, Candid Care, Delta Line Courier, Don
Chris Integrated, Edo Courier and Impex Worldwide.
Others are Izu Courier, KTA
Freight Service, KSP Shipping and Logistics, Service Solutions and Speedmark
Courier.
''The 10 courier operators
hereby seize to operate courier business in the country because of their
involvement in unethical practice, which the regulatory body frowns at.
''The general public should take note of
this and desist from doing courier business with the listed companies in the
country,'' Emeje said.
On the clampdown, he said the
action was justifiable because of the critical nature of the sector to the
nation’s economy.
He said that the courier
sub-sector also needed to be sanitised in the interest of investors.
Emeje said that the licensing
fee for indigenous courier company was N2 million, while multinational licence
was N10 million.
According to him, the sector
is very viable, but only 20 per cent of the market has been tapped, while 80
per cent remained untapped.
''The asset worth of the
industry is about N300 billion and there is need to protect and boost it.
''We are saying this to
encourage investors both national and international to tap into the industry,''
Emeje said.
CRD also urged the general
public to beware of those they give their parcels for delivery
According to Emeje,
customers, who still do business after the revocation orders were doing it at
their risks.
He added that the operators
can be visited at any time by the surveillance team from the department, who
will confiscate all items found in their offices.
The CRD Boss warned that if the courier
companies continued to operate, the department would proceed to prosecute them.
According to him, renewal of
licence fee is once a year and it costs N350, 000 to renew the licence of a
domestic courier operator, N500, 000 for indigenous international operator and
N1.5 million for an international operator.
''By law, a courier operator
who refuses to renew his or her licence, is as good as operating without
licence and this is tantamount to unethical practice, because they know the law
but refuse to abide by it,'' Emeje said.
He said that the companies
lacked credibility in their operations, such as non-delivery of items and
giving out their licences to other companies for courier services.
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