Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s aide, Reno Omokri, has urged President Bola Tinubu to issue an Executive Order empowering the Nigerian Communications Commission to remove sports betting apps from the App Store of GSM Internet Service Providers in Nigeria.
On his X page, previously Twitter, Reno implored President Tinubu to additionally cancel the licenses of physical sports betting operators in Nigeria.
He said such actions would enhance the economic conditions for many Nigerians and contribute to the growth of the Naira.
Part of the statement read: “It makes better sense than Buhari’s draconian #TwitterBan. There is such an epidemic of gambling in Nigeria and it is destroying Nigerian youths. $1 billion is spent on gambling daily in Nigeria, according to the National Lottery Trust Fund. Please fact-check me.
“The average Nigerian spends $15 daily on sports betting and other types of gambling, with the vast majority of that amount leaving our economy and going to places like Russia, South Africa, and Europe. The Naira can never sustain its rally under such circumstances.
“This is scary. How much is our GDP that we are pissing it away like that? More money is leaving Nigeria through gambling than is coming in. Buhari was thoroughly useless in that he was an anti-intellectual who was led by the nose by his former recharge card seller turned overnight billionaire nephew, Tunde Sabiu. But Tinubu is an accountant. He must know that this parasitic economic sabotage will destroy Nigeria if left unchecked.
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“A lot of the petty crime in Nigeria is caused by youths seeking money, by any means, to fund their gambling habit. It would be irresponsible for a first-class accountant like Tinubu not to act on such a matter as threatening to our national security as this gambling epidemic.”
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