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Donation
Lokoja, March 14, 2017 (NAN) The National Lottery Trust Fund on Tuesday donated sports equipment worth N5 million to 57 public primary schools in Kogi State.
The Executive Secretary of the fund, Mr Habu Gumel, while handing over the equipment to the Kogi State Government in Lokoja, said that the donation was made in line with the laws establishing the fund.
According to him, the fund is empowered to utilise proceeds from lottery operations for the execution of projects that will add value to ordinary Nigerians across the country.
He said that areas covered by the mandate included promotion of sports development, education, social services, public welfare and relief and management of natural disasters in Nigeria.
Gumel charged lottery operators and other business promoters who engage in any form of promotional lottery to keep to their obligations of remitting 20 per cent of lottery proceeds to the Trust Fund.
He warned that government would no longer tolerate sharp practices that undermine the growth and development of lottery good causes in the country.
Receiving the equipment on behalf of the state government, the Commissioner for education, Mr Sunday Tolorunleke, thanked the fund for the donation.
He commended the Federal Government for setting aside a percentage of lottery proceeds for the execution of projects that impact positively on the society.
He pledged that the equipment would be deployed the 57 benefitting schools in a fair and just manner.
The commissioner further stressed the need to include more schools in the project coverage to ensure even spread across the three senatorial districts. (NAN)
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Edited by Nkechi Okoronkwo
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