Reno Omokri, a social media influencer, has advised President Bola Tinubu direct Nigerian communication commission to ban sports betting and other related gambling activities in Nigeria.
The social media influencer, and a controversial personality as claimed by some people, Reno Omokri has advised President Bola Tinubu direct Nigerian communication commission to ban sports betting and other related gambling activities in Nigeria. Ban betting apps
Reno said, in his X post on Wednesday, about $1 billion is being spent daily on sports betting and other gambling activities.
He further emphasized that Naira would stand a slim chance of surviving if allowed to continue leaving Nigerian economy to countries like Russia and South Africa. (2)
Reno wrote, “President Tinubu can immediately improve the economic conditions of most Nigerians and make the Naira grow by issuing an Executive Order authorising the Nigerian Communications Commission to ban sports betting apps from the App Store of any GSM Internet Service Provider in Nigeria and revoking the licences of any physical sports betting operators in Nigeria. It makes better sense than Buhari’s draconian #TwitterBan.
“There is such an epidemic of gambling in Nigeria and it is destroying Nigerian youths. $1 billion is spent on gambling daily in Nigeria, according to the National Lottery Trust Fund. Please fact-check me. The average Nigerian spends $15 daily on sports betting and other types of gambling, with the vast majority of that amount leaving our economy and going to places like Russia, South Africa, and Europe. The Naira can never sustain its rally under such circumstances.
He also blamed the former president Buhari for turning a blind eye to gambling companies in Nigeria; and said he was an “anti-intellectual” led by a former recharge card seller, Tunde Sabiu. Ban betting apps
“This is scary. How much is our GDP that we are pissing it away like that? More money is leaving Nigeria through gambling than is coming in. Buhari was thoroughly useless in that he was an anti-intellectual who was led by the nose by his former recharge card seller turned overnight billionaire nephew, Tunde Sabiu. But Tinubu is an accountant. He must know that this parasitic economic sabotage will destroy Nigeria if left unchecked,” he said.
He again added that a lot of petty crimes in Nigeria are committed by youths.
“A lot of the petty crime in Nigeria is caused by youths seeking money, by any means, to fund their gambling habit. It would be irresponsible for a first-class accountant like Tinubu not to act on such a matter as threatening to our national security as this gambling epidemic,” added Reno. Ban betting apps
