The Secretariat
The Permanent Secretariat of WAPCO, headquartered in Abuja, Nigeria, is the executive engine implementing Council decisions, managing programmes, and serving as the institutional memory of the organisation.
Permanent Secretariat
The WAPCO Secretariat is the permanent administrative body of the Conference, headed by the Director-General who is elected by the Council of Ministers for a four-year term, renewable once.
The Secretariat is responsible for implementing all decisions, resolutions, and programmes adopted by the Council. It manages the organisation's budget, maintains relations with partner organisations including the UPU and ECOWAS, and produces all official publications and reports.
Staff of the Secretariat are recruited from member states on a competitive basis, reflecting the organisation's commitment to representation and merit-based institutional governance.
WAPCO Secretariat
Abuja, Federal Capital Territory
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Secretariat Departments
The Secretariat is organised into functional departments, each responsible for a key area of WAPCO's mandate.
Postal Operations & Regulation
Coordinates cross-border mail exchange agreements, quality-of-service monitoring, tariff harmonisation, and regulatory compliance across all 15 member state operators.
Digital Transformation
Manages the Regional Digital Postal Transformation programme, e-services adoption, track-and-trace interoperability, and postal technology capacity building across member states.
Financial Services & Inclusion
Oversees the Postal Financial Inclusion Programme, coordinates mobile banking partnerships, remittance corridors, and micro-insurance product deployment through post office networks.
External Relations & UPU Affairs
Manages WAPCO's relationships with the Universal Postal Union, ECOWAS Commission, African Union, and bilateral postal cooperation agreements with non-member countries and organisations.
Research, Statistics & Publications
Produces WAPCO's annual reports, statistical compendiums, research papers, and manages the WAPCO Knowledge Repository — the public archive of all Council decisions and programme reports.
Administration & Finance
Manages WAPCO's budget, member state contributions, staff recruitment, procurement, legal affairs, and institutional administration in accordance with ECOWAS financial regulations.
Reach the Secretariat
For official correspondence, programme enquiries, or partnership proposals.