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MTN To Takeover Construction Of Enugu-Onitsha Road
News, Nigeria, Transportation

MTN To Takeover Construction Of Enugu-Onitsha Road

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has ratified MTN’s takeover of the construction of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway. The takeover is part of the road Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme. Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, stated to State House correspondents after this week’s council meeting president by President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Fashola said the approval followed Executive Order 7 signed by the President in January 2019. He said the arrangement will allow the MTN to complete the dualization of the 110-kilometre road. The minister added that the Federal Government also approved the construction of the Umuchi-Ususu-Umueme road in Abia State for construction by GZ Industrial at N4.2bn under the same scheme. Fashola sa...
MTN snubs Banks, links 77 Million Subscribers to Fintech Platforms
Communication, Information Technology, Interview, News, Nigeria, Press Statement

MTN snubs Banks, links 77 Million Subscribers to Fintech Platforms

MTN customers in Nigeria now have alternative electronic payment platforms to recharge their phones as the mobile network operator on Saturday announced that customers can recharge airtime through payment solutions platforms such as Flutterwave, Jumia Pay, OPay, Kuda, Carbon and BillsnPay. MTN in a statement on Saturday by its Senior Manager, External Relations, Funso Aina, also said customers could recharge airtime by dialing *904# and *606# This is coming barely 24 hours after commercial banks on Friday disconnected MTN customers from banking channels including the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data and banking apps, leaving millions of MTN subscribers frustrated as they were unable to recharge airtime via USSD amid the Easter celebrations. MTN, with about 77 million subscr...