National Games will boost govt’s job creation efforts, says Gbajabiamila

NLRC CEO Lanre Gbajabiamila

Director-General of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC), Lanre Gbajabiamila, has said the Nigeria National Games was conceived to boost the job creation efforts of the Federal Government.

He noted that the Games would also boost revenue generation, adding, “we have a shortcode that will be used just to play this game again and there is also a jackpot game.”

Speaking during the launch of Games’ launch in Abuja, on Monday, the NLRC boss promised to ensure the integrity of the game and lottery industry in the country.

The Nigerian National Game was unveiled alongside National Lottery logo, designed by Elrae technologies, at the event.

Also speaking at the launch, Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, noted that one European country with a population of about 1.5 million people established a university solely built and run with proceeds of gaming.  

He said: “The gaming/lottery proceeds have been used over the decades in developing national assets, building infrastructure and other social amenities that benefit mankind. Lottery/gaming is a game of chance where participants win prizes, be it monetary or otherwise.”

“Whether the player wins a prize or not, it is expedited that proceeds from playing the game(s) will be channeled to projects that will benefit the player directly or indirectly.

“However, gaming carries with it some misconceptions. Despite some of these misconceptions, many countries have put that aside and structured gaming to purposely raise funds to develop critical infrastructure.”

“For example, we leant that the Chinese used proceeds from gaming to build the Great Wall of China to deter foreign invaders. Today, the Great Wall of