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    Anger greets new NIPOST licence fees for Courier and Logistics businesses on social media #SayNoToNipostFee

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    By Rowland Osahon on July 25, 2020 Logistics, News

    On Friday, the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) unveiled new fees for Courier and Delivery Service providers and this has been greeted with lamentations and anger on social media with the hashtag #SayNoToNipostFee

    According to NIPOST, the new regulations being put in place were aimed at protecting genuine courier and logistics operators by wielding out unregistered ones. It added that it would defeat the concept of ease of doing business if logistics companies are allowed to multiply with no regulations guiding their operations.

    NIPOST spokesman Franklin Alao said that “The new regulations were not planned to frustrate ease of doing business rather they aimed to promote growth of MSMEs.  It would create a sense of sanity, consumer-service provider trust.

    See the list of fees as circulated on social media

    He added, “It is  part of the strategies to ensure effective service delivery as consumers would know the capacities of the operators they are dealing with.

     “Where there can be issues is where a courier/logistics company with capacity for a local government area wants to operate on a state-wide or nation-wide scale. This would not be acceptable.

     “If your license is for a state, limit your operations to the state/ region.”

    With the new directive, International courier companies like DHL, UPS, will have to pay a one time fee of N20 million (approx. $53,000) and an annual renewal fee of N8 million (approx. $21,000)

    Courier firms operating within municipalities are to pay N1 million (approx. $2,600) for licence and N400,000 (approx. 1,000) annually.

    For Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), the licence is N250,000 (approx. $660) while the annual renewal of the licence is N100,000 (approx. $263). This refers to delivery companies with less than five delivery vehicles in their fleet.

    However Nigerians on Twitter think NIPOST is only looking at ways of increasing its revenue while not considering the hardship Nigerians were going through. They believed that the government should be helping companies to thrive, instead of slowly and systematically strangling small businesses.

    Another set of people are saying that even after the government killed the bike-hailing businesses and the businesses pivoted to delivery services, the government is now going after them again.

    Here are some of the tweets on Twitter:

    NIPOST should not be allowed to charge these ridiculous fees, @femigbaja. Thousands of young Nigerians have lost jobs in the last few months. Some turned to courier services. A friend who lost his job bought these from Oride. Please don’t let him commit suicide. #SayNoToNipostFee pic.twitter.com/p9j3Jz5BVl

    — Dr. Dípò Awójídé, FHEA (@OgbeniDipo) July 25, 2020

    How much does the average logistics business make per month with a bike or two? Yet you're requesting them to pay one million naira for a license!

    How much does the online vendor make per day?

    You'll stifle many businesses struggling to survive#SayNoToNipostFee

    — Dr. Chinonso Egemba (@aproko_doctor) July 25, 2020

    Good morning @DrIsaPantami we hope you can hear the cry of young Nigerians. As the Minister supervising @NipostNgn we hope you can do something about this sir. #SayNoToNipostFee pic.twitter.com/WV8Tpjb593

    — I am listening to Magixx (@DONJAZZY) July 25, 2020

    NIPOST spokesman Franklin Alao, in a statement late Friday night said genuine business owners who know what the logistics business entails would not be part of the protests against the new regulations. 

    The anger on Twitter has prompted the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy in Nigeria, Dr. Isa Pantami to tweet on this issue, challenging the right of NIPOST to increase fees without its approval.

    PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION: The Management of NIPOST felt, it was within its power to increase fees without our final approval. They stated: "the issues of fees, penalties & day to day administration are devolved in Section 6 (3) on NIPOST."
    REPLY: Pls stop it, respond to our msg

    — Isa Ali Pantami, PhD (@DrIsaPantami) July 25, 2020

    2) @NipostNgn, d power of regulation of NIPOST lies with the Minister. Any change of fee must be specific & be approved by him before implementation. I know the economic challenges of NIPOST. However, looking at the economic hardship of our citizens, we need to suspend any move

    — Isa Ali Pantami, PhD (@DrIsaPantami) July 25, 2020

    Interesting when NIPOST recounted in a tweet that the Minister approved the reviewed regulations.

    *Minister of Comm Tech and Digital Economy approves Reviewed Courier and Logistics Regulations*

    The honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has approved a new Courier and Logistics Regulations in accordance with…

    — Nigerian Postal Service (@NipostNgn) July 21, 2020

    However as it stands, it would seem that the review has been suspended for now by the Honourable Minister.

    We await the final instruction on the next steps. Would the fees be revised downwards or effectively scrapped?

    Personally, I do believe that the courier and logistics industry should be regulated and there should be controls put in place to regulate the operators. However, the regulatory body should consider the business environment, discuss with the stakeholders and work out the best charges to implement.

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