*to hold interactive stakeholders forum
By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
Director General, Oyo State Gaming Board, Mr Olajide Boladuro has disclosed that gaming board is co
Addressing a press Conference organised by the Board ahead of its forthcoming Annual Stakeholders Forum at Horizon Suite hall, Isaac Boladuro Street, Mobil, Oluyole estate in Ibadan, Mr Boladuro said the board is working towards ensuring that there is no room for underage gaming in and across the state.
Mr Boladuro stressed that parts of the achievements of the board are regulation and digitisation of gaming and lottery agents, enumeration and registration in Oyo state and increased stakeholders buy in for corporate social responsibility partnership with Oyo state government’.
” The Oyo state Gaming Board is a gaming regulatory agency of the Oyo state Government vested with the powers and functions of regulating betting/gaming operations through registration and issuance of licences /permits, monitoring, inspection of gaming activities and protecting the interest of all stakeholders in the gaming industry in Oyo state, Nigeria”, he said .
Mr Boladuro added, ” Oyo state gaming board has achieved “58% growth in IGR through effective regulations and reforms , attracted 21% increase in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the gaming and lottery industry in Oyo state through our ease of doing business”.
” The board regulates all categories of gaming operations such as Lotto/lotteries , Pools betting , Sports betting ( online and offline) , casinos, telephone/scratch cards, /interactive games, virtual gaming, promotional competition, arcades/gaming machines and many other type of gaming operation in the state”
Speaking on the interactive stakeholders forum, Mr Boladuro stressed that the forum was part of the board’s determination of building a synergy with its stakeholders whilst working with the realities of the gaming market in Oyo state.
” The board initiated a stakeholders interactive forum as a way of informing, engaging stakeholders, including the registered and prospective gaming operators , financial service providers, related agencies and ministries , media and members of the public on the present business clime”.
