Reps vow to recover N1.4 trillion unremitted lottery proceeds — Nigeria — The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News

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Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara

The House of Representatives Monday swore that it would leave no stone unturned to ensure the recovery of about N1.4 trillion unremitted lottery revenue to the federation account.

The House via its committee on governmental affairs led by Mr Hussaini Sulaiman probing into the problem associated with revenue losses in the sector from 2005 to date noted that it was unfortunate that lottery operators have been unfair to the country by their unpatriotic conduct.

Hussaini particularly remarked that it was disheartening that Government realized about N7. 6 billion from some of the twenty-one licensed lottery operators in the country within the past eleven years even when less populated and endowed countries like Morroco, Cote ‘d…



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