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FG Directs MTN To Suspend Planned Charges On Banking Services



Many MTN customers woke up over the weekend to receive shocking text from MTN informing them of the commencement of the new charge from October 21

The text read, “Yello, as requested by your bank, from Oct 21, we will start charging you directly for USSD access to banking services. Please contact your bank for more info.”



And another “Yello, please note that from Oct 21, we will charge N4 per 20 seconds for USSD access to banking services”…

However, Federal has responded, suspending the alleged USSD service charge by MTN Nigeria.

The attention of the Federal Ministry of                     Communications has been drawn to the viral           text message allegedly sent by the Mobile               Network Operator MTN Nigeria and other                 Mobile Operators notifying subscribers of a              four naira (N4:00) charge per 20 seconds on            USSD access to banking services from the               21st of October 2019.



The office of the Honourable Minister of Communications Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami FNCS, FBCS, FIIM is unaware of this development and has hereby directed the sector regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) ensures the operator suspends such plans...

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