Abuja: NIPOST clamps down on illegal Courier Operators
…Says licensing of Logistics Company is easy
By Ogaga Ariemu
The Courier and Logistics Regulatory Department (CLRD) of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), has clamped down on illegal Logistics Operators in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to sanitise sector.
Speaking to Journalists during the exercise on Tuesday, the General Manager, CLRD, Mr. Gideon Shonde, said the clampdown was meant to sanitise the courier industry from the menace of quacks and illegal logistics operators.
He disclosed that the process of getting a license to operate in Nigeria’s logistics sector is easy.
He explained that with a registered business name and token of N90,000 the ‘Solo Rider & SME catergory’ can be acquired.
According to him, “The essence of this exercise is to sanitise the industry, to get rid of the quacks because of the security risk and safety implication, most of them have not been licensed to operate, are not trained, are not equipped to do this logistics business, hence that makes them illegal operators.
“We have had cases of lost documents, demaged items because most of them can’t be traced to an office, not registered. Some had been arrested for moving small arms and drugs. Since they aren’t licensed and we’ve done a lot of awareness creation on social media by visiting NIPOST.
“You need to have a certified name by Corporate Affairs Commission on the strength of that you approach NIPOST for a grant of license. You will submit your evidence and information to show capacity. If you have two bikes you have to declare and register the asset. We will do our evaluation, verify your office and license will be granted.
“As a solo Rider you are required to pay only N90,000; Interantional license is for the ‘Big Boys;’ We also have the National category to operate across the country, it is N3,000,000; A regional license and SMEs/ or like a service support logistics, the payment is just N250,000 so there is no basis for anyone to operate illegally, ignorance is not an excuse” he stated.
The enforcement was carried out by a combined taskforce of the team from CLRD, NIPOST Investigation and Security team, Police officers from the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department(FCIID) Lagos, Officers from FCT Command led by the Assistant General Manager in charge of Ethics,Complain and Strategy at CLRD, Mr. Worimegbe Banks.
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CEO, Pizza Hut, Ladoke Akinkola Area 3; Heroes Logistics; Boyboy Omoise; Dabo; Transporteam, Zudex Logistic services; Rah Logistics;Sunny benz Logistics; CoolExpress were among the affected companies and NIPOST confiscated their motorcycles pending application for license.
NewsDirect gathered that similar exercise was conducted in September 16th last year to rid the sector of illegality.
