An affiliate of the trade union Congress of Nigeria, the senior staff Association of statutory Government companies, SSASGOC is raising alarm over 9,000 direct and and about 5 million indirect jobs may be lost in the Nigeria postal services and related agencies over moves to transfer stamp duty collection to the federal inland revenue service
Ayo Olirunfemi secretary general of SSASGOC who led protesters to the National assembly on thursday said the Nigeria Postal industry is about to be made redundant folliwong plans to move stamp duty collection to the federal inland revenue Service
"...since government created the ministry of communication and digital economy, NIPOST wev went ahead to develop electronic device, which the minister of finance and the FIRS are plotting to take it over.
The bill has passed final reading in the House of representatives and waiting harmonisation of the senate whether or not to transfer stamp duty collection responsibility from NIPOST to FIRS
"we are saying that if we allow this to sail through in NIPOST the same thing may eventually happend with NPA...and by then we will shutdown the ports for the first time..."
Acting spokesman to the Senate, Senator Godiya Akwashiki and Senator Sulaiman Abdu Kwari gave the workers the assurances of the Senate president that fue deligence will be done in the matter