Post office chiefs seek plan from minister

Postmasters have called on Communications Minister Alex White to commit to a plan for the future of post offices, and have demanded that they continue to handle social welfare payments.

Postmasters yesterday presented 500,000 signatures collected from Post Offices across the country in support of retaining the existing post office network to the minister’s office yesterday.

The petition comes in advance of a publication from a Post Office Network Business Development Group, which has been established to examine the potential for post offices to deliver commercial and government business and identify new opportunities for the post office network.