Nigeria: NIPOST handled twice as many mails in 2022 than it did in 2021

While revenue continued to decline in 2022, the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) witnessed a remarkable turnaround in its mail handling operations in 2022, handling two times what it did in 2021, the first growth in handled mails recorded since 2016.
Source:
National Bureau of Statistics
Period:
2016 - 2022
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