Dr. Frank Awuah Adjei
The Lotto and Lotteries Company owned by Dr. Frank Awuah Adjei has paid the sum of GH¢2 million to the National Lottery Authority (NLA) as licence fees to operate lotto under Act 722 and Act 844.
The company has also fully paid GH¢500,000 to NLA as the required licence fee for operating lotto under Act 844.
The licensing of private sector lotto operators, under the NLA, was started by the previous board of the authority under the leadership of Togbe Francis Seth Nyonyo as Board Chairman and Kofi Osei-Ameyaw as the Director-General.
The initiative was part of a five-year partnership agreement that was entered into between Veterans Administration, Ghana (VAG) and the NLA to generate revenue from the Banker-to-Banker Lotto Operators and their agents, to support national development.
Lotto and Lotteries Company Limited, whose headquarters is in Kumasi, is the biggest private sector lotto operator with several agents and writers spread across the country.
According to Dr. Frank Awuah Adjei, his company and agents will always support government, the board and management of the NLA to generate revenue for national development.
He expressed gratitude to the current board and management of the NLA for continuing the licensing of private sector lotto operators so that they can also contribute to job and wealth creation.
Dr. Adjei has encouraged other lotto operators across the country to pay their licensing fees so that individually and collectively, they will be able to support the board and management of the NLA, headed by Togbe Francis Seth Nyonyo and Samuel Awuku respectively.