Postmaster-General of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), Ibrahim Mori Baba, on Thursday stated that the need to improve on service delivery and meet global trends in postal administration has spurred the agency to adopt the Nairobi Postal Strategy (NPS).

He said the decision was a fallout of the 24th Congress of the Universal Postal Union held recently in Geneva, Switzerland, to chat a better course for strengthening the postage sector's future development.

Baba said this in Abuja while marking the 2008 World Post Day.

He added that NIPOST has equally gone into partnership with GALAXY Backbone, an internet connectivity company, to explore ways of boosting its operation through VSAT interconnectivity to over 1,500 postal outlets in the country.

"In our tradition of implementing recommendations and resolutions reached at the Universal Postal Union(UPU), especially in repositioning the post for greater contribution to socio-economic development, our administration embarked on a reform programme which is aimed at achieving efficient service delivery.

"It is also imperative to explain that the desire to strengthen the postal sector in order to make a greater contribution to the world economy.

"We intend to modernise our operations through computerisation and introduce an acceptable national addressing system which we hope will assist in facilitating efficient mail delivery and sustainable development," he added.

While highlighting various efforts of the agency in strengthening its operational capacity, he said NIPOST, through internally generated revenue, has been able to acquire over 30 mail delivery vans, including 250 motorcycles and 100 bicycles as well as 16 Peugeot cars in the last one year.