Monrovia,
November 28, 2013: The
Chief Executive Officer of the Liberia National Lotteries Corporation, Mr.
Martin S. Kollie concluded a three-day session at the second sitting of the
African Lottery Association Regional Forum, held in Bamako, Mali from the 21st
– 23rdNovember 2013: As the future of the National Lotteries gets brighten.
The
meeting which brought together key Stakeholders and Executives from Morocco,
Ivory Coast, Mali, Liberia, Senegal, Togo among others of the African Lottery;
sought to address issues of concerned within the African Lottery Industry and
also to prepare for the 2014 African Lottery Association Meeting, scheduled to
be held in Dakar, Senegal.
According
to press release of the National Lotteries, the intend of the CEO’s visit to
Mali was to form part of the preparation for the upcoming African Lottery
Association (ALA) Summit, scheduled for March 2014, in Dakar, Senegal and to
hold discussions with one of the most reputable Horse Racing Betting
Authorities of Europe, the Pari Mutuel Urbian of France.
After
every two years, officials of the African Lottery Association (ALA) converge to
discuss critical issues of the industry and to draw up the calendar of event
for the next Executive sitting of the Association, as a matter of core and
custom.
The
participation of the Government of Liberia, through the Liberia National
Lotteries Corporation has been recorded as the first time in the history of the
African Lottery Association (ALA) since it was founded in 1981 and a sign of
positive reform step of Liberia’s Lottery Industry.
According
to the Lotteries Boss, Mr. Martin Kollie, Liberia was the only English speaking
country that attended the ALA’s Executive Meeting, which gave the country much
attention and opportunities to interact with other advanced Lottery companies,
including the PariMutuelUrbain (PMU) of France, a company that is popular for
its Horse Racing Gaming activities inEurope and Africa’s #1 Lottery Industry,
Loterie Nationale of Morocco, as a means of helping in improving the Liberia’s
Lottery sector.
The
Chief Executive Officer, further disclosed that Pari Mutuel Urbian (PMU) will
host the African Lottery Award, next year April, in Paris, France where Liberia
will be highly represented.
He
said discussions were held and agreed upon that all African Lottery Leaders
will form part of the occasion, for which a winner from that program will be
offered the African Lottery Award
Mr.
Kollie also indicated that sideline discussions were held with the General
Directors of Loterie Nationale de Cote d’Ivoire, Mr. Fofana Issiaka, Loterie Nationale
of Morocco, Mr. Mohamed Samba Kane and also the Malian first female Finance
Minister, Ministre de I’Economie et des Finances, Madam BouareFilySissoko; in
order to form a bilateral partnership, as a means of knowledge sharing,
capacity building, a joint-cooperation of responsible gaming and preventing frauds
and also providing security on internet gaming.
In
conclusion, Mr. Kollie said that his vision for the National Lotteries is for
the government to be in full controlled of the gaming activities in Liberia.
He
said in other for the sole-purpose of the National Lotteries to be fulfilled,
it has to be in charge of all gaming activities, as a means of contributing
towards the country’s developmental reforms and processes, as well as
fulfilling her social corporate responsibilities within the disabled community.
The
CEO has also renewed calls for the government to take complete control of the
gaming activities in Liberia and called on the Ministry of Justice and the Law
Reform Commission to help revamp and structure the National Lotteries Law, so
as to help supplement government’s effort.
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