NLA swoops on illegal lotto operators; 6 arrested within E/R

The particular National Lottery Authority included in efforts to clamp down on unlawful lotto operators across the country offers apprehended 6 operators within the Eastern Region. This uses the Authority completed the license regime as part of steps to streamline the activities associated with lotto operators. Speaking for the recent operation to the mass media at the Koforidua Central Law enforcement station, Mr. Goodfellow Dei Ofei who is the Public Relationships Manager for the Authority mentioned “ as we indicated we are going to have these unannounced swoops to clear the system of these unlawful operators”. He continued “we gave them ample time for you to have their activities properly regularized but some of these people believed we were joking about the resolve to clear the system associated with illegal lottery activities. Nowadays operations was very productive we apprehended 6 workers at their closing factors and some cash which are arises from their activities. The police are actually of tremendous support in order to us. We expect to prosecute these suspects as soon as possible”. It will be recalled that within September this year, the administration of the National Lottery Power headed by its brand new Director General Mr. Samuel Awuku engaged the Organization of Private Lotto Workers on the modalities to reviving their operational license for that year 2021/2022 which ended in June this year. Following the deliberations, both parties agreed on several modalities which culminated to the licensing procedure. After the completing the license regime, the particular NLA with the support from the security services set out to grip down on the activities of people operating Lotto illegally. A number of such operations have happened in some parts of the Greater Accra Region since the 1st associated with November this year. One such exercise took the team towards the Eastern Region which is viewed as the second largest sales area for the NLA. The procedures were carried out in the Kwahu enclave ie. Nkawkaw, Abetifi, Atibei, etc . Source: MyNewsGh. com/ 2021
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