Can USSD debt hinder Nigeria’s financial inclusion drive?
By Reuters
11 June 2023 |
5:14 pm
Telecommunication firms in Nigeria have issued disconnection notice to banks amid a disagreement over Unstructured Supplementary Service Data service debt running to over 120 billion naira.
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