{"id":59608,"date":"2025-01-15T12:30:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T12:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59608"},"modified":"2025-01-15T12:30:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T12:30:36","slug":"ncc-orders-ussd-disconnection-for-nine-banks-over-unpaid-debts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/15\/ncc-orders-ussd-disconnection-for-nine-banks-over-unpaid-debts\/","title":{"rendered":"NCC Orders USSD Disconnection for Nine Banks Over Unpaid Debts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alexis Uchendu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has instructed telecom operators to disconnect USSD services for nine banks by January 27, 2025, if outstanding debts remain unpaid.<\/p>\n<p>The affected banks are Fidelity Bank Plc, First City Monument Bank, Jaiz Bank Plc, Polaris Bank Limited, Sterling Bank Limited, United Bank for Africa Plc, Unity Bank Plc, Wema Bank Plc, and Zenith Bank Plc\u2014have reportedly left debts unpaid since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The directive, issued by Reuben Muoka, the NCC\u2019s Director of Public Affairs, follows the banks&#8217; failure to comply with a joint mandate from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and NCC to settle overdue invoices owed to telecom operators.<\/p>\n<p>The NCC warned that non-payment could disrupt mobile banking services, particularly for customers relying on USSD codes such as 770, 919, and 822.<\/p>\n<p>These codes may even be reassigned to new applicants if the issue remains unresolved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of the 18 financial institutions reviewed, nine have significantly failed to comply with the Second Joint Circular from the CBN and NCC issued on December 20, 2024,&#8221; the NCC stated, emphasizing the urgency of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The disconnection could affect millions of customers who depend on USSD for banking, especially those without internet access.<\/p>\n<p>The NCC&#8217;s directive underscores the need for swift action to avoid widespread disruptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexis Uchendu The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has instructed telecom operators to disconnect USSD services for nine banks by January 27, 2025, if outstanding debts remain unpaid. The affected banks are Fidelity Bank Plc, First City Monument Bank, Jaiz Bank Plc, Polaris Bank Limited, Sterling Bank Limited, United Bank for Africa Plc, Unity Bank [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":59609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-59608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59610,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59608\/revisions\/59610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}