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The Association of Lottery Marketing Companies (ALMC) and the National Lottery Authority Staff Union (NLA) have gotten into the impasse between the Authority and Private Lottery Operators by proposing viable solutions.
In a joint statement signed by Eric Tamakloe and Nana Yaw Quansah, president and secretary of the Trade Union of the Federation of Ghana Workers, respectively, as well as by Kofi Frimpong and Dan Mensah, general secretary and national president of the ALMC, said, the state Current things NLA reforms are imminent.
They agreed that it is important that it be done because there is enormous potential available for the Authority to work and generate huge amounts of revenue to support the government’s development agenda.
The ALMCs stated that the Authority was struggling to generate revenue to pay for winning prizes, lottery commission, staff salaries, and emoluments.
He said that due to massive invasions into the NLA market to feed on its flagship product, the ‘5/90’ game, where huge sums of money could be generated from its operations, the ALMCs offered their full support for the measures. that are being implemented. place by the current leadership of the NLA to undertake some reforms in an attempt to streamline some aspects of its operations.
The statement urged the NLA leadership to take steps to harmonize the operations of private companies with the NLA, and also urged private companies not to be recalcitrant and to adopt a confrontational stance, but they should keep in mind that the article 4 of the Lottery Law, 2006 (Law 722) gives the Authority the exclusive mandate to operate and regulate the lottery in Ghana, and within the parameters established for them.
He said that the ALMC and the NLA Staff Union proposed that the Authority should introduce a clear regulatory framework in accordance with the National Lottery Law of 2006 (Law 722) and the Lottery Regulation of 2008 (LI 1848), review the license fees through a realistic fee, and in addition to charging license fees, revenue sharing should be instituted to ensure fairness and equity.
They also called for a regular flow of communication to be adopted to avoid suspicions, rumors, speculation and agents and editors of the private lottery companies raised monthly to generate more revenue for the NLA, the statement added.
“In this case, adequate records must be kept to ensure accountability and no company will have the right to conduct any sweepstakes without authorization from the NLA,” he said.
He called on all parties to refrain from using politics and the media as a battlefield, which tends not only to ignite passions but also to muddy the waters; But start a dialogue to resolve any disputes that exist.
