Sammi Awuku, Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA)has said the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will make things easier for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to retain power in the upcoming elections.
Speaking in an interview with Kwame Sefa Kayi on Peace FM, he said Dr. Bawumia has been the engine room for most of the policies enrolled by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
According to Sammi Awuku, just as they have previously campaigned based on the good reacords of former President John Agyekum Kufuor, they will do same in addition to President Akufo-Addo’s track records.
Mr. Awuku described Dr. Bawumia a hardworking Vice President the country has ever had adding that he knows the in and out of the country making him the best candidate to lead the NPP into the 2024 elections.
Director-General of the NLA said Dr. Bawumia is the best person to continue the good works President Nana Addo after his tenure in office.
Dr. Bawumia will make our work at winning 2024 elections easier – Sammi Awuku #UTVNews pic.twitter.com/nB47ZC5IR9
— UTV Ghana (@utvghana) August 1, 2023
Relatively, Sammi Awuku has complained that a major setback to the Authority has been the veiled but strategic encouragement which illegal Lotto Operators continue to enjoy from influential persons in society including high level media practitioners, among others.
Mr. Awuku said very often which the leaders of such illicit gangs get busted and are to face prosecution, he, the NLA Boss, comes under a sudden intense pressure from all manner of influential persons who plead that the illegal operators should be pardoned and their crimes treated with a human-face.
He categorically made known his frustrations about the situation and explained that any attempt to compromise on the level of compliance to standards and regulations is extremely detrimental to the progress of the NLA and should never be tolerated by anyone.
The NLA Director-General also touched on some internal challenges and the panacea adopted:
