The management and board of the National Lottery Authority, NLA has presented a cheque of 500,000 Ghana cedis and a new Toyota Land Cruiser Prado to the leadership of the Veteran Administration of Ghana, (VAG).
The donation is in fulfillment of a promise made to VAG four years ago by NLA.
Per an agreement, the NLA is the sole authority that manages the lottery platform of VAG in Ghana. The NLA is bound by the agreement to make monthly contributions to the leadership of VAG.
Board Chairman of the NLA, Francis Nyonyo said ” the NLA has a duty to play as far as VAG is concerned, so today we are here to do the needful”.
He added that the NLA will continue to collaborate with VAG to clean the lotto industry in Ghana ” VAG is helping the NLA to rid the lotto industry of illegal operators when they are caught the claim to be working with VAG but that is not the case so the NLA is in a joint venture with VAG to clean the sector”.
The Executive Director of VAG, Captain (rtd) Edmund Ben Duah on his part thanked the NLA for the gesture and pledged VAG’s commitment to helping NLA achieve its objectives ” we at VAG are pleased with this move by NLA, we are excited about this partnership and its out prayer that it moves from strength to strength “.
Story by:Kwaku Stephen
