The award was conferred on Gbajabiamila at the International Casino Exhibition in London, United Kingdom.
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This strategic move, it has been revealed, will attract more foreign investments and inflow of resources to the country.
The Director General of the Commission, Lanre Gbajabiamila, said this would also help boost the local content policy of the Federal Government.
The director-general, National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Mr. Lanre Gbajabiamila, stated this on Monday when he led the management of the NLRC on a courtesy visit to the executive chairman of the FIRS, Alhaji Muhammad Mamman Nami.
Director General of the commission, Lanre Gbajabiamila who made the disclosure in Abuja on Sunday, said that with the new system, all the loopholes and drains in the lottery business would be blocked so that the entire taxes and revenues payable to government are fully collected and remitted to government coffers.
Gabajabiamila, in his independence message to the stakeholders in the lottery business, disclosed that the commission was fully in sync with the efforts of the Federal Government in tackling poverty and unemployment in the country.
The company had accused Gbajabiamila of corruption, financial misappropriation, abuse of office, contract splitting and granting of unwarranted waiters to operators among other allegations
In a bid to tackle challenges of dwindling revenue, the Director General, National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Lanre Gbajabiamila, has asked all erring lottery operators to defray all debts owed to the Federal Government or face stiff sanctions, which may include revocation of licenses, as well as arrests and prosecution.
The Federal Inland Revenue Service says it is partnering the National Lottery Regulatory Commission on Value Added Tax payment automation for the lottery and gaming sector to boost revenue generation.
The Federal Government has announced plans to charge Value Added Tax on lottery and gaming activities and automate collection from operators in the Lottery Sector.
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association has expressed its shock and utter dismay at what it described as the “gruff actions and jungle behaviour” of the new Director General of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Lanre Gbajabimiala, in shutting down the offices and business premises of Nigeria Brewery Plc across the nation.
Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, said this during the review of the Memorandum of Understanding between NCC and National Lottery Regulatory Commission on Monday in Abuja.
Lanre Gbajabiamila,Director General, National Lottery Regulatory Commission, made the presentation at the National Jackpot studio in Abuja, according to a statement signed by Princewill Aninwobodo, Media Officer Give ‘n’ Take.