Saying there has been a drastic decline in the use of traditional postal services over the years, Public Telecommunications Minister Cathy Hughes has said there is a need for post offices to reinvent themselves and expand their offerings to the public.
“On a personal note, the Providence Post Office always knew that by the 20th of December, Cathy Hughes would carry a lot of cards and so they would get a lot of money off of me. That has not happened in the last five years. So, multiply that effect for everybody that once a year would contact friends and relatives overseas and would send their cards,” she explained, while pointing out that the phenomenon occurs around the world and brings the postal service and post offices to a point where they have to reinvent themselves.
Pointing to post offices in hinterland areas, Hughes said that they are perfectly positioned to provide more services than they currently offer.
