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Reactions Trail The Introduction Of USSD Code Charges

By Modupeoluwa Adekanye

20 October 2019   |   11:30 am

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Shortly after the introduction of the National ID card renewal fee and application fee, the USSD code which has been free is now to be paid for. This new payment plan is met with complaints amongst many Nigerians. Find below some of the reactions:   https://twitter.com/mrmanhere_/status/1185862067703734272?s=20 https://twitter.com/badniggafela/status/1185856967501369344?s=20 https://twitter.com/tejumania/status/1185854558184050688?s=20 https://twitter.com/dinmaraphael/status/1185851412875489280?s=20 https://twitter.com/tomtomSpirit/status/1185860965298036737?s=20 https://twitter.com/zaddy_shuga/status/1185865159367102465?s=20 https://twitter.com/AishatJubril2/status/1185863188086173696?s=20 https://twitter.com/IyawoThickaBody/status/1185849840447696896?s=20

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Photo: LEGIT

Shortly after the introduction of the National ID card renewal fee and application fee, the USSD code which has been free is now to be paid for.

This new payment plan is met with complaints amongst many Nigerians. Find below some of the reactions:

Buhari In 2015 promised us change and in 2019 he has delivered

– USSD charges don dey
– VAT has increased
– National ID card renewal is N3000
– National ID replacement is N5000
– Withdrawal Charges
– Deposit Charges

To all the people that voted this government, we say THANK YOU

— AJ | Adonai (@mrmanhere_) October 20, 2019

Oh wow, so MTN will be charging for using bank short USSD codes

After the bank have also charged u their own for the same transaction. 🙆🙆

— Ossy 👻 (@badniggafela) October 20, 2019

But, TF did I do wrong? What conversation did I have with God that made him think I deserve to be in Nigeria?

Why are these corporate thieves gonna charge us for USSD transactions again? NSP charges already. All these charges & nothing to show for it except intense suffering.😭

— HRM(BABYBOSS) (@tejumania) October 20, 2019

What the heck is this? Are we going to accept this rubbish scam. So we pay per 20 seconds for USSD and still get charged for the service? These banks have invented all means to steal from us? What are banks for? To save money buy it seems money in a hole is better! pic.twitter.com/N0dc3xYrxj

— Ada'NNaYa 😍 (@dinmaraphael) October 20, 2019

So @MTNNG will be charging N4 per 20secs for USSD transactions as requested by the Banks and CBN approved. Well it's just N4 sha X 70million people, maybe.. not much. This is Nigeria. Cashless u pay, carry cash u pay… @henryshield pic.twitter.com/5gFWDVD4Hy

— tomtom's Spirit 🇳🇬🇨🇦 (@tomtomSpirit) October 20, 2019

@MTNNG
I got this messages yesterday and this morning too.
The rationale behind the charges being what? We're being charged for everything already!#USSD#StopChargingNigerians pic.twitter.com/h1sNrNpZ2z

— Mayor of Uyo 🔌 (@zaddy_shuga) October 20, 2019

All this network provider like @AirtelNigeria and banks @ZenithBank are d most wicked service provider. Funny enough dey all generate their money from wave & coding yet they choose to exploit masses. Imagin 1500sub nt lastin upto 1wk, #USSD bnk chekin is a pbm. I pry gvt do smtin

— Eash_eash💞💋 (@AishatJubril2) October 20, 2019

If you don’t have your bank mobile app… time to download it and register it so that this USSD nonsense will not pain u too much…
Country is not working yet they are still stressing innocent citizens.

*spits

— ✨IYAWO THICKER BODY✨👑 (@IyawoThickaBody) October 20, 2019