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The Postmaster General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), Mrs. Tola Odeyemi, has called on the Nigeria Police Force to utilize the National Addressing System as a tool to track and combat criminal activities across the country.
Odeyemi emphasized that the National Addressing System is an effective mechanism for identifying and tracing criminal activities by providing valuable information on addresses, identities, and other details related to criminal acts within Nigerian communities.N..>>Don’t Miss Out! CLICK HERE TO KEEP READING>>>>>
She made the statement during a meeting with the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja over the weekend.
Odeyemi highlighted that NIPOST has an extensive infrastructure and assets across all 774 local government areas in Nigeria.
She urged the Nigeria Police Force to collaborate with NIPOST, leveraging its resources and tools to enhance national security and track criminal activities more efficiently.
Her call for collaboration underscores the potential of the National Addressing System in improving public safety and aiding law enforcement efforts in the country.
Odeyemi said: “The postal service is a fundamental component of Nigeria’s societal infrastructure, and we are acutely aware of the indispensable role that law enforcement plays in protecting it.
“Our aim today is to explore collaborative solutions to these pressing challenges, thereby enhancing the safety of our postal workforce and the communities we serve.”
She said her meeting with the IGP was aimed at exploring mutual interest to handle NIPOST operations, secure its vast infrastructure across Nigeria, and its logistics services, and foster better opportunities for economic growth.
Odeyemi said NIPOST’s mandate goes beyond the promotion of Communications, but to enhance security measures, noting that the meeting would further allow the two bodies to jointly address challenges they both faced.
The NIPOST boss expressed her gratitude for the long-standing support of the police personnel to NIPOST and emphasised the importance of the synergy between the postal service and police force in ensuring secure and efficient service delivery across the nation.
She highlighted the growing concerns regarding securing NIPOST’s vast national assets, curbing vandalism of its infrastructures, check-mating targeted encroachment of NIPOST assets, mail theft, and frauds, asserting that the critical role of Postal services in supporting community safety initiatives remains vital to national development.
She further explained that the National Addressing System being developed by NIPOST would serve as a crucial tool for a robust national security system that would enable the police force to track criminalities across Nigeria.
On his part, IGP Egbetokun, expressed delight on the visit, noting that the vital roles of postal services in connecting communities and facilitating communications across the country remain sacrosanct.
Egbetokun said the collaboration with NIPOST would mark the beginning of a new dawn in service delivery for the two institutions, noting that the common goals of serving the people in terms of security and safety of communities would be better served.N..>>Don’t Miss Out! CLICK HERE TO KEEP READING>>>>>
