A civil and public interest consortium in Nigeria, the Coalition of Good Governance has branded the National Assembly’s move to reconsider the strongly opposed Nigeria Central Gaming Bill as a ‘voyage of legislative rascality, recklessness and lawlessness’ following the activist group’s recent media parley.
Back in July, the Federation of State Gaming Regulators of Nigeria strongly opposed the enactment of the bill, which sought federal control over all games of chance. The first incarnation of the licensing regime was in the National Lottery Act 2005 but that was nullified by the Supreme Court in November 2024.
At the time the Supreme Court ruled the country’s National Lottery Act was void and its state legislative assemblies should regulate lottery and games of chance instead of the federal government of Nigeria.
