NIPOST would establish more cybercafés soon in all the post offices nationwide, the post master said.
The Postmaster-General of the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, Ibrahim Baba, said on Wednesday that the service planned to introduce e-service in rural communities to enhance service delivery.
Mr. Baba said in Abuja that it was necessary for rural communities to be empowered with Information Communication Technology, ICT, to enable them to access information.
He said that urban areas enjoyed better services because of available IT equipment, better connectivity, and power supply compared to what obtained in the rural communities.
“Our emphasis actually is looking at the rural areas, because the rural areas do not have options; but for those of us who are in the cities and so on, we may have options.
“Therefore, we believe if the post office is adequately positioned in terms of IT equipment, connectivity, and power supply, then the people does not have to travel in Kilometres away from their villages and homes to transact government businesses or even to transact their personal businesses.
“In essence there will be e-services for them,’’ Mr. Baba said.
He said that in addition to rural areas not having options, they also did not have computers while those with computers might lack the financial capability needed for connectivity, if any.
Mr. Baba said that the challenges were the reasons the federal government was working hard to ensure that e-service facilities were extended to rural communities.
The postmaster-general had disclosed that NIPOST would establish more cybercafés soon in all the post offices nationwide to meet the demand of the public.
He said, “As far as the present age of information is concerned, internet users can access the internet in the NIPOST offices.
“This is why we want to ensure that we put in place in almost all the post offices, nationwide, so that those who cannot afford to have computers, internet and printers, can go to the nearest post office,” he said.
He said that the user should be able to make enquiries on the Internet, download, and print copies and send the document through NIPOST facilities.(NAN)
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