Some workers of the service shut down the Abuja headquarters earlier yesterday to protest President Bola Tinubu’s choice of the new CEO.

Recall that Ajuri Ngelale, the spokesperson for President Tinubu, said last week that his principal dismissed Adeyemi Adepoju as the agency’s CEO/Post Master General and selected Odeyemi to take his place as CEO.

The commission’s workers, who were loyal to the former CEO, did not take the announcement well.

Speaking during a protest at the NIPOST headquarters in Abuja today, the President of the National Union of Postal and Telecommunication Employees, Mr Buba Nehemiah, said the new appointment was against the interest of the workers.

He said Adepoju introduced major reforms just under a year and should be encouraged to continue with his “good work.”

“Sunday Adepoju should be allowed to continue the good work he has started. We are not against Mr President, neither are we against the minister, but our desire is that the good work of Adepoju should be allowed to continue. Removing him at this point would terminate these processes and take NIPOST back to square one, which we are against. We have over 13,000 employees here, once it is crumbled, it will add to the issues of insecurity in the country,” Daily Trust quoted Nehemiah saying.

“Allow us to work with the person that has understood this organization. Allow us to join hands with him to take this organization to the level that it would generate revenue for the nation. This is our cry and demand. The only condition that can make us go back to our offices and work is for the appointment that was made last week to be cancelled,” he reportedly added.

However, Odeyemi is said to have arrived at the NIPOST headquarters at 1:00 p.m. and walked into her office to meet with top Directors.

She reportedly declined the chair that was handed to her and chose to sit somewhere else. Odeyemi is the first female to hold the position of CEO of NIPOST.