Post offices may serve as mobile money centres in 2012

Ahead of the planned introduction of mobile money by the Central Bank of Nigeria, plans may have reached an advanced stage to convert abandoned post offices across the country into mobile payment centres. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) are already in a talk which would see CBN and NIPOST share facilities to promote the mobile payment initiatives.According to a senior official, Shares Services Office, Governor's Department, CBN, Mr Chidi Umeano, the apex bank had discussed with the management of NIPOST on the possibility of using its offices nationwide.
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