On Sunday, been October 20, MTN Nigeria sent messages to all its subscribers nationwide saying, it was going to start charging #4.00 per transaction for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) used for banking service.

A copy of the message is as shown below:



However, the attention of the federal government has been drawn to the matter, reacting in a press release, the federal government through the Ministry of Communication and the office of the Honourable Minister of Communication, Dr Isa Pantimi ordered the Nigeria Communications Commission to stop such arrangement with immediate effect until the he is properly briefed about such charges.

The Press release........

The minister gave the advice at a meeting with NCC management on the progress made in the implementation of the Short-Term Performance targets set for it.

The minister lamented by saying that '' “with the prevailing high cost of data in Nigeria, the citizens still do not enjoy value for money as subscribers’ battle daily with illegal deduction of data, poor Quality of Service (QoS), among others.”

Dr Isa Pantimi reminded NCC that one of their main job as communication regulator in the country, is to protect the interest of Nigerians and disengage all irregularities and unprofessionalism.

The Minister has however told Nigerians that the federal government will get to the root of the matter and ensure a better decision that will benefit mostly Nigerians.

The Minister's attention has also been drawn about how other network providers charges them unjustly, such as Airtel which charges between #50.00 to #52.00 among other network providers.


Source: https://ngg.ng/2019/10/21/mtn-planned-4-00-ussd-charges-halted-by-fg/

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Well, to the topic at hand, those guys should shut up. About three months ago, my service provider debited me almost 200 naira from using the USSD to send money to my brother.


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FG want to discuss their own share of the money

Yello, Please note that from Oct 21, we will charge N4 per 20 seconds for USSD access to banking services. Thank you.

Its N4 per 20 seconds.

There is what I don't understand.

Each transaction across banks comes with a banking charge part of which I believed should have been used to be paying for the USSD by the banks.

Does it mean that the banks just charge the money and expect us to pay for the USSD charge by telecoms?

If I have the capability, the CBN governor should be in court now explaining what banks mean by ATM Card maintenance fee and how it came to a point that Banks will wake up to decide any trash with telecoms and we hear the news first from telecom.

I asked GTbank customer care on chat yesterday and he informed me that they were not aware as the bank have not informed them.

Now this Minister is just pissed off because maybe he was not bribed before the implementation.

Its just a matter of time and it MUST be implemented.

That's the change INEC said majority of Nigerians voted.

You must have more than you want to send and also be loaded with airtime to send money in Nigeria.

Edited: Went through posts and discovered its just MTN that wants to start that others have started already.

Shameful.

They are discouraging people from banking.

Good one.

This people just want to drain us dry..... Soon may b charging us for powering our phones self.......

Better be

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9mobile has been scamming me all this while. If I don't have airtime on my line I can't use my bank USSD code.

Who fooling who ? USSD has never been free

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Nice one just hope no be audio

Very good I'm beginning to like this government.

serves them right

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This country's system needs to be examined..

The level of taxation now is alarming ,we may be tax for breathing soon

Good

It's better

Why?

Any concrete reason for halting move?

We need to privatise our FG. Interested countries should apply.

NICE MOVE FG

HAN HAN...WHERE HAS THIS GOVERNMENT BEEN SINCE?

I think say Mtn wan flex muscle with FG. Na cane we go use porsu dem commot from this country. Stupid network

[quote author=tayebest post=83331435]9mobile has been scamming me all this while. If I don't have airtime on my line I can't use my bank USSD code.




I use 9mobile too. Why now? Mtn even did well by informing their customers.
We have a failed system. Etisalat have placed their charges for the past one year.

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