ii. Post office counter services; iii. Other postal services which include mailbox rental services, "poste restante" services, philately and public postal services; iv. Licensing of private postal operators; v. Providing financial services; and vi. Providing e-Services. The other stakeholders in the postal sector are: i. Private Postal Operators; ii. Public Private Partners, including the Postal Agencies; iii. Operators such as Aviation Handling Companies, Customs, and the Police; etc; iv. Financial Services Operators; and v. E-Services Providers. The postal code system developed by NIPOST in 2000, and an efficient addressing framework are key tools required for the repositioning of NIPOST. Its current operations are hampered by the fact that most of the country does not have wellorganized street naming and house numbering address systems by Local Government Authorities. NIPOST also faces substantial competition from private sector operators in the postal sector. International and local courier companies and transport companies are competing with NIPOST in various segments of the postal market; not only in the market for courier items, but also in the letter and parcel markets. To date, approximately 250 courier firms have been legally licensed. However, many transport companies (legal and illegal) are active in the postal market. NIPOST is also confronted with substitution of physical mail by electronic communications such as fax and email. Although these means of electronic communication are not yet pervasive in Nigeria, they will certainly become important factors in the future. !"#$%&"'()*+(,%'$-.(/(0120( ( ( ,"34(02(