The Courier Regulatory Department (CRD) of the Nigerian Postal Service
(NIPOST), has revoked the operational licences of 10 courier companies
for various offences ranging from unethical practices to non-renewal of
licences.
Senior Assistant Postmaster General of the
Federation and Head of Courier Regulatory Department, Dr. Simon Emeje,
announced the revocation shortly after the clamp down on four other
courier companies in Lagos and Ilorin in Kwara State for indulging in
sharp practices and operating illegally without licences.
He said the 10 courier operators, whose licences were revoked, will
cease to do any form of courier business in the country, and advised the
public to distant themselves from the courier operators in their own
interest, since doing courier business with them is now illegal.
The companies are ABC Transport Courier, Arrowhead Courier Limited,
Evergreen Worldwide, Imo Transport Company Limited, MDS Logistics
Limited, Migfo Express Courier Limited, Montesine Limited, NACFA Express
Limited, Quadral Express Limited, and Tide Express Link Limited.
Last year, CRD also revoked the operational licences of some courier
companies for unethical practices and they have since stopped courier
operations in the country. The recent revocation, brings the number of
registered courier companies in the country to 283, from the initial
293.
The courier operators that were clamped down included
Royale Ryders Express, Success Transport and Kwara Express, all located
along Muritala Mohammed road in Challenge area of Illorin, as well as
Kasmag Express, located in Yaba area of Lagos.
"The
essence of our action is to protect Nigerians who patronise courier
companies, from getting short-changed by some courier operators who
operate under hidden agenda," Emeje said.
He explained that the
10 courier companies that had their licences revoked, were giving
enough notice and warning to desist from sharp practices and to renew
their expired licences, but they refused to comply.
Some of
them, he said, were not only cutting corners in the business, but were
also involved in carrying parcels below the 0.5kg, which he said, is the
exclusive right of only public postal operator and national carrier
like NIPOST, which is allowed by law to handle, because of the sensitive
nature of such items. Courier operators are supposed to carry and
transport items weighing between 0.5kg and 50kg, but some of them breach
the law guiding courier services in the country, and accept parcels
that are either below 0.5kg in weight or above 50kg weight, Emeje said.
He explained that the exercise of clampdown would continue until the industry is sanitised.
Credit: Emma Okonji/ThisDay
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