Telecommunication companies acting under the directive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), in a notice on Wednesday said it will cut off the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) access of nine banks over their inability to settle a N160 billion debt that has accumulated since 2019.

According to the NCC, telcos will disconnect the USSD access of these banks by Monday, January 27, 2025, if they do not pay their debt.

“In fulfilment of its consumer protection mandate, the Commission wishes to inform consumers that they may be unable to access the USSD platform of the affected financial institutions from January 27, 2025,” the NCC said.

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Here are the banks and their USSD codes:

1. Fidelity Bank Plc (770),

2. First City Monument Bank (329),

3. Jaiz Bank Plc (773),

4. Polaris Bank Limited (833),

5. Sterling Bank Limited (822),

6. United Bank for Africa Plc (919),

7. Unity Bank Plc (7799),

8. Wema Bank Plc (945), and

9. Zenith Bank Plc (966).