Former FedEx Boss Calls for Postal Sector Liberalisation

Isaac Orolugbagbe, former managing director of FedEx speaking on behalf of the Association of Nigerian Courier Operators (Anco) and Nigerian International Air Couriers Association (Niaca) has said that the postal sector is highly underdeveloped and called for the liberalization of the postal sector.
 In the midst of the problems the postal operations in the country is facing, market analysts have put the worth of postal business in Nigeria at N100 billion.
The market is controlled by three dominant players in the industry namely the multinational courier companies, the indigenous ones and the national carrier in the industry, the Nigerian Postal Service  (Nipost).
The multinationals form about 90 percent membership of the Nigerian International Air Couriers Association (Niaca) while most of the indigenous operators belong to the sister body , Association of Nigerian Courier Operators (Anco).
Private operators in the Nigerian postal space have continued to agitate for the liberalization of the postal sector arguing that liberalization will reduce the financial burden placed on government in operating Nipost .
Liberalization, they further argue will lead to improvement of services rendered by Nipost to its customers.
 Liberalization according to them will lead to the deployment of expertise by private operators in the provision of services and products.