Social media influencer, Reno Omokri, has urged President Bola Tinubu to ban sports betting apps in the country.

According to Omokri, a ban on sports betting apps could even help improve the value of the Naira.

Omokri, who quoted the National Lottery Trust Fund. lamented that “$1 billion is spent on gambling daily in Nigeria.”

The media influencer expressed his views in a series of tweets shared via his X profile on Wednesday.

His tweet read, “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 licenses of any physical sports betting operators in Nigeria. It makes better sense than Buhari’s draconian #TwitterBan.”

The former Special Assistant to erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan stated that an average Nigerian spends “$15 daily on sports betting and other types of gambling.”

Omokri noted that despite the high rate of gambling in the country, the “vast majority of that amount” is leaving the shores of the country into foreign nations, compared to the nation’s externally generated revenue.

“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,” he wrote.

Omokri cautioned., “The Naira can never sustain its rally under such circumstances.”

The tweet stated further, “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.”

Findings by PUNCH Online reveal that several sports betting firms operate in Nigeria. Some of the betting firms include Bet9ja, Nairabet, Merry Bet and SportyBet, amongst others.

Omokri, in his post, further urged Tinubu to “act on such a matter as threatening to our national security as this gambling epidemic.”

He also condemned the illegal means through which some Nigerian youths sought money “to fund their gambling habit.”

PUNCH Online reports that the Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Zephaniah Jisalo, said the Federal Government would find a lasting solution to the friction caused by revenue generation in the gaming sector.

Jisalo noted that the FG “will do all within its statutory powers to ensure the gaming industry remains on the steady path of sustainable growth and development,” while speaking at the 2023 International Gaming Conference held at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos State, on Tuesday, October 31, 2023.

The Fund’s Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, Bello Maigari, appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on Monday, November 20, 2023, stated that the Fund, in 2023, generated N2.5 billion, noting however that the entire sum had been spent in the execution of various projects across the country.

The money, he said, was generated from statutory remittances from licenses and permit holders.

Source: https://punchng.com/Ban-sports-betting-apps-Reno-Omokri-urges-Tinubu

Mr bayo won't like this news😅

Reno Omokri is on drugs, wetin concern him with sport betting in Nigeria.

azadus18:
Mr bayo won't like this news😅

What of our mineral resources that are harnessed illegally by 'Chinese criminals' under the FG nose with the stolen money taken out of the country?

What of money spent by FG on estacode, hotel accomodations, etc gor large government delegation to mere international talkshops?

What of money spent by the NASS members to import vehicles for their official use?

Reno Omokri, you a fat head seeking attention. Instead of killing all betting platforms, why not suggest to Pres. Tinubu to force the foreign bookies to open physical offices in Nigeria, employ our people and pay taxes like their Nigerian counterparts or block them.

Very nice suggestion. Sport betting is not a productive venture. We need our youth to be productively engaged in productive and creative ventures not in get-rich-quick ventures. You won't see Chinese daily sitting idly looking for lottery windfall that will never be in their lifetime.

Leave us and our sporty

You the smoke Igbo

Reno the clown 🤡

Max24:
Very nice suggestion. Sport betting is not a productive venture. We need our youth to be productively engaged in productive and creative ventures not in get-rich-quick ventures. You won't see Chinese daily sitting idly looking for lottery windfall that will never be in their lifetime.

What entrepreneurial initiatives or SMEs incentives have both FG and state governments put in place to encourage productivity among Nigerian young population? For example how many trade missions, export drive initiatives, etc has FG put in place to sell our local products to international market e.g our "senator dress" could be made an international outfit for black people all over the world by intentional actions. Has FG released any incentive and knowledge-transfer packages to encourage people with idle money to invest in factories to create employment?

Hehehehe

Dem wan kill two of my neighbours, Nedu and Wande.

Those ones will be looking for 2 odds everyday as if it is their oxygen

If not for betting, those two for don dey rob

Damnnn niggar
Omokri is not a real niggar


For everyday we wake we are faced with more than a hundred ways to become a millionaire of which gambling is among

adenigga:



Social media influencer, Reno Omokri, has urged President Bola Tinubu to ban sports betting apps in the country.

According to Omokri, a ban on sports betting apps could even help improve the value of the Naira.

Omokri, who quoted the National Lottery Trust Fund. lamented that “$1 billion is spent on gambling daily in Nigeria.”

The media influencer expressed his views in a series of tweets shared via his X profile on Wednesday.

His tweet read, “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 licenses of any physical sports betting operators in Nigeria. It makes better sense than Buhari’s draconian #TwitterBan.”

The former Special Assistant to erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan stated that an average Nigerian spends “$15 daily on sports betting and other types of gambling.”

Omokri noted that despite the high rate of gambling in the country, the “vast majority of that amount” is leaving the shores of the country into foreign nations, compared to the nation’s externally generated revenue.

“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,” he wrote.

Omokri cautioned., “The Naira can never sustain its rally under such circumstances.”

The tweet stated further, “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.”

Findings by PUNCH Online reveal that several sports betting firms operate in Nigeria. Some of the betting firms include Bet9ja, Nairabet, Merry Bet and SportyBet, amongst others.

Omokri, in his post, further urged Tinubu to “act on such a matter as threatening to our national security as this gambling epidemic.”

He also condemned the illegal means through which some Nigerian youths sought money “to fund their gambling habit.”

PUNCH Online reports that the Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Zephaniah Jisalo, said the Federal Government would find a lasting solution to the friction caused by revenue generation in the gaming sector.

Jisalo noted that the FG “will do all within its statutory powers to ensure the gaming industry remains on the steady path of sustainable growth and development,” while speaking at the 2023 International Gaming Conference held at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos State, on Tuesday, October 31, 2023.

The Fund’s Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, Bello Maigari, appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on Monday, November 20, 2023, stated that the Fund, in 2023, generated N2.5 billion, noting however that the entire sum had been spent in the execution of various projects across the country.

The money, he said, was generated from statutory remittances from licenses and permit holders.

Source: https://punchng.com/Ban-sports-betting-apps-Reno-Omokri-urges-Tinubu

Reno wants to cause heart attacks. Even Nigeria info is playing One play and double double with N500. Last hope of common man. Never gamble with Arsenal, Manchester United, Newcastle or Chelsea.

Reno no get point abeg.
I don't see how banning sports betting will solve our economic challenges in the short term, both personally and nationally. In fact, placing a ban on it might even lead to wide spread riots and protest that may just cripple our already fragile economy.

And just imagine what he was even described as: A SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER.

He should rest abeg.

See the Reno Mockery.

Always going left..

Reno drinks too much of kai kai nowadays

My only concern about sports bet is that it is wasting the lives of our youths. Even the elderly are also involved.

But you can't blame them...a country where the only hope of survival for its youths is hinged on gambling. So many people have lost hope of ever making it in life, they now look for a way out through gambling, yahoo, prostitútion and steàling

i have tried that app and i couldn't understand how it works. maybe cause i don't know anything about football

Ok

Nah..
I think tinubu should stop those mobile casino and virtual gambling cos that's a legal ponzi scheme.
Sport and live betting is a fair contest between both parties.

In Nigeria, Sports Betting is one of the symptoms of massive unemployment & lack of jobs.

Banning it is like trying to cure Malaria with Panadol because of the headache symptoms.

This table Reno is shaking like this. ..

Meanwhile have a view of Dutse,Jigawa state Nigeria.Do you know that it got its name from the Rocky Terrain? Dutse literally Means Rock in Hausa.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNstPfR7_9Q?si=Vg1K94ey1IxNg1Uv

Super thunder naim go fire Omokri.

If u don't believe that all Nig. elites wants to see is that the poor masses are helpless and hopeless beggars as good as dead meat then u don't understand Nigeria. We r innately wicked, its shocking

The FG should not ban only sports betting, FG should also ban foreign organized religions especially Christianity and Islam.

Do you know how many billion dollars the Roman catholic church in Nigeria remits to Rome yearly in the form of tithe and offering?

What about Seventh Day Adventist Church in Nigeria, do you know how much it remits to the Adventist church world conference headquarters in America yearly?

What about the billions of naira we spend on pilgrimages for muslims to go through stones in Saudi Arabia and Christians to pray in Israel? Money that would have been used to create more jobs for the youths .

I'm in support of this

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Thunder fire Reno Omokiri blockos!!!

Reno is vry stupid for saying that tinubu should ban bet, i know how i much from bet weekly

inaccurate analysis, I don't know if reno just wants to trend by Stirring up hot topics or hes speaking from his moral perspective.