NIPOST Celebrates World Post Day

Emma Okonji

In commemoration of the World Post Day on October 9, 2025, the Lagos Mainland State of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has recognised three secondary school students that emerged top positions in the Universal Postal Union (UPU) School Letter Writing Competition, held across public and private secondary schools in Nigeria.

Lagos Mainland also used the occasion of the 2025 World Post Day to honour its best customer in terms of volume of transactions, with an award plaque.
The 2025 World Post Day, themed: ‘Post for People-Local Service-Global Reach’, was designed to celebrate NIPOST customers and staff that have remained faithful to the services delivered by the government organisation.

In an address on the 2025 World Post Day, the Director General of the UPU International Bureau, Masahiko Metoki, said the Postal Service would continue to celebrate the vital role of the postal sector as a lifeline, bringing essential services to everyone, everywhere.

“The postal network is among the largest and farthest-reaching service infrastructures in the world. With more than 600,000 post offices, it provides communities everywhere with reliable access to communication, commercial, financial and social services. Through this year’s theme, we also want to celebrate the women and men who make this extraordinary universal service possible – the 4.6 million postal workers across 192 member countries, whose dedication enables the postal network to continue to serve billions of people every day,” Metoki said.

The State Postal Manager for Lagos Mainland, Emmanuel Ajero, in his address, spoke about the significance of the post.

“The post is at the centre of connecting people and helping people to transact their business effectively and seamlessly. We are celebrating customers because they still believe so much in us. Today in Lagos Mainland, we celebrated one of our biggest customers. Every month, this customer transacts business with us in millions of naira, and he has been one of our outstanding customers in the last two years. We also honoured three students from the NIPOST Mainland State that emerged the first, second and third positions in the UPU Letter Writing Competition,” Ajaero said.

According to him, the UPU School Letter Writing Competition is organised to create the awareness of the importance of letter writing amongst secondary school students. This year, Lagos Mainland State produced the first, the second, and the third winners, which is unprecedented, Ajaero further said.

The students, Adeyemo Jedidiah, from Methodist Girls High School, Yaba, won the first prize; Adewumi Princess from Methodist Girls High School, Yaba, won the second prize, while Okwoli Elizabeth from St. Jude’s Private School, Festac Town, won the third prize.

All three students expressed their happiness for wining, and thanked their teachers and schools for the unique opportunity offered them in learning.