The Nigeria Senate has ordered the sealing up of Bet9ja office if they refuse for the second time to appear before them.
This was explicitly disclosed by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Youth and Sports, Sen. Obinna Ogba at the National Assembly on the occasion of the verification of loto companies with license to operate in Nigeria.
“Clerk, write to Bet9ja again. If they did not honour our invitation, we will ask the National Lottery Commission to seal their offices,” he said.
According to him, the Senate is making efforts aimed at assisting the Lottery Commission to generate money for the Federal Government.
”We want to see bet9ja. They can’t run away,” he said.
The chairman explained that the verification followed series of complaints against the betting companies, adding that ”some don’t even have offices while others have not been making remittances to the government.”
”Some got the licences but they are not operating. The new regulation only give them one year to start operations,” he noted.
Meanwhile, about 20 other betting companies appeared before the committee for the verification exercise. (NAN)
Comment:*
Nickname*
E-mail*
Website
