The National Communication Authority (NCA) has given unregistered postal and courier service providers 30 days to obtain a license.
The National Communication Act of 2012 mandates the NCA as the statutory body responsible for licensing and regulating the postal and courier services industry in the nation.
Napoleon Adok, director general of the National Communication Authority, instructed businesses to register.
“The Authority hereby instructs them to register such businesses or services with the National Communication Authority (NCA) for compliance and licensing within 30 working days,” Adok said in a statement obtained by The Radio Community.
However, he did not name some of the companies operating illegally in the country.
Adok stated that any business or person providing postal or courier services without a license from the authority is in violation of South Sudanese law.
He stated that the NCA will impose penalties on businesses that fail to adhere to the directives.
“The Authority will have no alternative but to enforce the provisions of Sections 97 and 98 of the National Communication Act, 2012, read together with Section 18 of the Postal Services Regulations, 2016, which impose penalties including but not limited to prosecution, fines, closure of businesses, and confiscation of items,” he stressed.
“All postal and courier service providers are effectively required to implement the above directives, to avoid unnecessary inconvenience.”