Workers of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) have shut down the head office of the service in Abuja, protesting the appointment of Tola Odeyemi as Chief Executive Officer/Postmaster-General.
Ajuri Ngelale, a Presidential spokesman, announced last week that President Bola Tinubu changed the leadership of under the Ministry of Communications, Innovations and Digital Economy., including NIPOST.
Speaking during a protest at the NIPOST headquarters in Abuja, the President of the National Union of Postal and Telecommunication Employees, Mr Buba Nehemiah, said new appointment was against the interest of the workers.
They insisted that the immediate Post Master General should be allowed to stay in office.
“Under Adeyemi Adepoju, NIPOST was able to clear the debt it owed and that is the reason why we are having smooth process in our service,” Buba said.
According to him, “we have seen a situation to crumble this organization for the past three years, and today we are saying no to it. Today we are requesting that the post master general should be allowed to continue the good work he has started.
“Remember we are not against Mr president or the honourable minister but our desire is that his good work should be allowed to continue.”
He stated that NIPOST has over 13,000 workers, saying any plan to crumble the agency would add to insecurity in the country.
It was gathered that the moment after Odeyemi’s appointment broke, Adepoju was seen in a viral video addressing some workers who claimed President Bola Tinubu had reappointed him.
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