Bank Recharge Channels Via USSD Unavailable – MTN
Mobile Network Operator, MTN Nigeria, has announced that customers using the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data services cannot recharge airtime on their phones.
The telecommunication operator revealed this in a text message sent to customers on Friday.
The message read, “Dear Customer, our bank recharge channels are currently unavailable. Kindly recharge using physical cards. We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you.
It was gathered that this new development was not unrelated to the N42bn debt owed mobile operators by banks.
Telcos, which includes MTN under the aegis of ALTON threatened to disconnect banks from USSD services over N42bn debt.
The planned disconnection which ought to begin from March 15, 2020 was halted by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami.
The minister had convened a meeting of the Central Bank Of Nigeria and the Nigerian Communications Commission. Subsequently, both parties introduced a flat fee of N6.98 per transaction every time customers use USSD services.
The CBN and the NCC also stated that a settlement plan for outstanding payments incurred for USSD services, which was earlier rendered by mobile network operators was being worked out by all parties in a bid to ensure that the matter is fully resolved.
