Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide, has known as upon Nigeria President to take motion in opposition to sports activities betting apps in Nigeria via the Nigerian Communications Fee.
He said this by way of his X deal with on Wednesday, third January, 2023.
Omokri argued that the every day expenditure of about $1 billion on playing is detrimental to the Naira’s stability and negatively impacts the Nigerian financial system.
He steered that Nigeria President may considerably improve the financial well-being of Nigerians and strengthen the Naira by issuing an Govt Order to ban sports activities betting apps on GSM Web Service Suppliers and revoking licenses of bodily sports activities betting operators.
Omokri asserted that this transfer could be extra wise than the beforehand carried out #TwitterBan by President Buhari.
He wrote, “Nigeria President can instantly enhance the financial situations of most Nigerians and make the Naira develop by issuing an Govt Order authorising the Nigerian Communications Fee to ban sports activities betting apps from the App Retailer of any GSM Web Service Supplier in Nigeria and revoking the licenses of any bodily sports activities betting operators in Nigeria. It makes higher sense than Buhari’s draconian #TwitterBan.
“There’s such an epidemic of playing in Nigeria and it’s destroying Nigerian youths. $1 billion is spent on playing every day in Nigeria, in line with the Nationwide Lottery Belief Fund. Please fact-check me. The typical Nigerian spends $15 every day on sports activities betting and different kinds of playing, with the overwhelming majority of that quantity leaving our financial system and going to locations like Russia, South Africa, and Europe. The Naira can by no means maintain its rally below such circumstances.
“That is scary. How a lot is our GDP that we’re pissing it away like that? More cash is leaving Nigeria via playing than is coming in. Buhari was completely ineffective in that he was an anti-intellectual who was led by the nostril by his former recharge card vendor turned in a single day billionaire nephew, Tunde Sabiu. However Tinubu is an accountant. He should know that this parasitic financial sabotage will destroy Nigeria if left unchecked.
“Lots of the petty crime in Nigeria is attributable to youths in search of cash, by any means, to fund their playing behavior. It could be irresponsible for a first-class accountant like Tinubu to not act on such a matter as threatening to our nationwide safety as this playing epidemic.”
Nigeria President can instantly enhance the financial situations of most Nigerians and make the Naira develop by issuing an Govt Order authorising the Nigerian Communications Fee to ban sports activities betting apps from the App Retailer of any GSM Web Service Supplier in…
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) January 3, 2024