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A House of Representatives committee has said that Nigeria is losing millions of naira in revenue to operators of lottery activities in the country.
The committee on governmental affairs, chaired by Rep Suleiman Hussaini Kangiwa (APC, Kebbi), said the revenue losses was as a result of the inability of the operators to meet up with their financial obligations to the government.
Consequently, the committee threatened to order for the withdrawal of the licences of 18 lottery operators for defaulting to pay taxes and fees to the government, saying it would not accept a situation where lottery operators make millions of naira but do not meet their financial obligations to the government.
At an interactive session with the management of the Nigeria Lottery Regulatory Commission and some of the operators, Kangiwa gave the operators one week to produce their approved licences; evidence of all fees paid to the commission from 2000-2017; evidence of remittances to the lottery fund for the same period; valid office and business addresses; nature and the type businesses they do, among others.
The panel also threatened to issue an arrest warrant against the operators that failed to attend the meeting.
The acting Director General of the commission, Lanre Gbajabiamila, told the panel that upon his assumption of office, he met with all the operators to know their challenges and why they have not been meeting their obligations.
Some of the operators told the panel that their major challenges include multiple taxation between the federal and states governments, low revenue, among others.
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