Recent data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that the Nigerian Postal Service made N3.63 billion in 2021.
This showed a 22.79 percent compared in the agency’s revenue compared to what it earned in 2020 as contained in document titled: ” Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Debt Q3 2022.”
The data said in 2021, it was lower than the revenue in 2020 by 22.79%.”
The NBS said EMS/Speed Post generated the highest income with N1.27billion, representing 35.14% of the total revenue generated for the year.
It added this was followed by Parcel clearance/delivery fee with N689.12m and NIPOST Premises/Space with N299.66m, representing 18.96% and 8.25% respectively.
Besides, the agency handled a total of 17,656,768 mails domestically and internationally in 2021.
The NBS said about 8,111,461 mails were handled domestically, representing 45.94% of the total mails while 1,040,461 mails were dispatched abroad, representing 5.89% of the total mails.
According, the data, however, 8,504,846 mails were received from abroad and delivered in Nigeria, representing 48. 17% of the total mails handled in the year. Also, in 2021, the number of Post Offices in Nigeria stood at 2,794.
