The
Senate Committee on Youth and Sports on Tuesday threatened to order the
shutdown of Bet9ja office if the company failed to honour its invitation for a
second time.
The
Chairman of the Committee, Obinna Ogba, made the remark at the National
Assembly, Abuja, during the verification of loto companies with the license to
operate in Nigeria.
Mr
Ogba (PDP, Ebonyi Central) said it was unfortunate that Bet9ja refused to
honour the committee’s invitation.
“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 a 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 gives them
one year to start operations,” he noted.
Meanwhile,
about 20 other betting companies appeared before the committee for the
verification exercise
NAN
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