The Nigerian Postal Service, abbreviated as NIPOST, is a Nigerian
government-owned and operated corporation that is responsible for providing postal services in
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...
. It has more than 12,000 employees, and it operates more than 3,000
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
s across the country.
The Nigerian Postal Service has the following departments:
* Counter Services Division.
* Human Resources Management Division.
* Engineering and Technical Services Division.
* Finance and Investments Division.
* Business & Strategic Development Department.
* Corporate Communications Department.
* Internal Audit Department
Nigeria is a member of the Universal postal Union,
West African Postal Conference
The West African Postal Conference, or Conférence des Postes des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, was formed in 2012 as a forum for postal services in West African countries.
The members are:
*Benin
*Burkina Faso
*Ghana
*Côte d'Ivoire
*Mali
*Nig ...
.
See also
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Postage stamps and postal history of Nigeria
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Postal orders of Nigeria
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Postal codes in Nigeria
Postal codes in Nigeria are numeric, consisting of six digits. NIPOST, the Nigerian Postal Service, divides the country into nine regions, which make up the first digit of the code. The second and third digits, combined with the first, are the di ...
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List of villages in Nigeria
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List of national postal services#Africa
Notes
External links
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1987 establishments in Nigeria