Ladies and Gentlemen of the press, we have called on you today to officially inform you about the second petition that we have sent to the President of the Republic, His Excellency Nana Addo Danquah Akufo - Addo about an amendment of
National Lottery Act 722, 2006.
Since the passage into law the
National Lotto
Act, 2006 (
Act 722) and
Lottery Regulation, 2008 (L.I. 1948), this is the first time since 2006 that the Board and Management of NLA led by Kofi Osei - Ameyaw have decided to * Register and License * the Operators, Agents, Sub-Agents and Writers of Banker - to - Banker
Lottery under Public - Private Partnership Agreement so that they can operate legitimately and pay their taxes to Government in order to increase revenue mobilization for Government through
Lottery as well as create jobs for people who are interested in Private
Lottery.
Also, the
Acting President said he withheld assent to the
National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2016 due to «the existence of pending legal challenge to the competence of the
National Assembly to legislate on the subject matter.»