By Jennifer Y Omiloli
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami has directed the immediate suspension of the new USSD tariff.
The minister made this disclosure on the ministry’s official twitter handle.
Reacting to the proposed USSD charges, the minister said there is no justification for the new tariff.
Dr. Pantami went further to take action by directing its immediate suspension and giving a stern warning to telecom operators, stating that the ministry will not fail to appropriately sanction violators of the directive.
“After receiving briefing about the proposed USSD charges, I realized there was no justification for the new tariff, consequently, I directed it’s immediate suspension, any telecom operator that violates this directive would be sanctioned appropriately” the minister said.
