Mallam Ibrahim Mori Baba of NIPOST has retired.

The postmaster general of the federation and chief executive officer of the Nigerian Postal Service, Mallam Ibrahim Mori Baba, has retired. He has handed over to the deputy postmaster general (engineering and technical) Architect Enoch Ade Ogun, who is the most senior official in the postal agency.

Speaking on Tuesday, August 19, during a valedictory session organised for him by NIPOST staff in Abuja, Mori Baba said the country loses N1 trillion every year from non-usage of postage stamps by financial institutions, Nigerian Tribune reports.

According to him, the postal service was unable to generate extra income due to the non-implementation of the stamp duty law, enacted in 2006.

He stated that during his tenure as postmaster-general, they were able to intercept 258,207 scam mails worth N125.2 billion between 2006 and 2014.

Mori Baba said: “NIPOST was able to intercept the fraudulent documents through collaboration with security agencies like the Nigeria Police and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.”

The outgoing postmaster-general said they also collaborated with National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, Department of State Service, Nigerian Customs Service and the National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom.

He explained that 70 per cent of post offices across the country had been equipped with ICT facilities, including track and trace features.

“Our desire to make the post office a one-stop shop motivated us to adopt new technologies to enhance postal operations in terms of speed and efficiency in service delivery.

“It is also a means of capturing new business opportunities provided by e-commerce and other electronic and financial services,” Mori Baba said.