Mobile network operator MTN on Tuesday announced the closure of all its offices in Nigeria.
The company in a statement posted on its X handle urged its customers to explore its digital channels for services.
“Yello customer, please be informed that our shops nationwide will be closed today, 30th July. We are available 24/7 to support you via our digital channels,” the company said.
Although the company did not give any reason for the closure, but this is coming after the eruption of violence at some of its offices on Monday.
MTN, the largest mobile network in Nigeria with millions of subscribers, barred the telephone lines of several users on Sunday over concerns arising from linkage of National Identification Numbers (NIN) with their mobile phone numbers.
On Monday, some of the affected subscribers besieged the firm’s offices across the nation. Some members of the crowd became violent and threw stones at the building in some states.
Amid the chaos, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) ordered the immediate reactivation of lines affected in view of the short time available for consumers to undertake the verification of their NINs with their SIMs.