Lawyer decries teenagers' involvement in pool betting

Date: 2017-08-18

An Ilorin based legal practitioner, Mr Segun Ekundayo, has expressed concern on the increasing number of underage persons participating in pool and games betting in Nigeria.

Ekundayo expressed this concern in Ilorin on Thursday while speaking. According to him, betting of any kind is a habit, which children under the age of 18 should not be involved at all.

The lawyer, therefore, called on the government at all levels to come up with a legislation that would checkmate underage persons from patronising bet centres.

He lamented that children were fond of sneaking out to such centres to play games while betting agents did allow them to do so.

"It is now commonplace in the country to see teenagers bet at Bet9ja, 1960 bet, Nairabet and Baba Ijebu betting centres without any fear of being arrested.

"Government, as a matter of urgency, should take a decisive action by discouraging such act henceforth for the sake of Nigeria.

"Security agents should be deployed to such centres to monitor any underage persons found engaging in pool betting as well as apprehend centre operators harbouring them," he said. (NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Moses Salami     Yomi Adeboye     Ayegbeni     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Muhammadu Gobir     Kwara Restoration Project     Kwha.gov.ng     FOMWAN     Adekunle David Dunmade     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Ndama Al-hassan     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Tunji Arosanyin     Oniyangi     Ilorin Durbar     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Iyaloja-General     Alabi Lawal     Elewu     ER-KANG Mining     Obasanjo     Ahmad Belgore     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Ademola Kiyesola     Oke-Ogun     08001000100     Arinola Lawal     Budo-Egba     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Innocent Okoye     IF-K     Kayode Ishola     Elekoyangan     Musa Aibinu     Dankaka     Onilorin Of Ilorin     International Vocational Centre     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Belgore     Sherif Shagaya     JAMB     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Haleeman Salman     Ibrahim Akaje     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Aliyu Alhassan     Edret Sabi Abel     Simeon Ajibola     Adebayo Salami     Mumeen Lah     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Javed Khan     Amule Elementary School     Suleiman Idris     Folaranmi Aro     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Moshood Mustapha     Abdulhakeem Amao     Oloye     Oko Erin     Apaola     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Kola Adesina     Dan Iya     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Femi Gbajabiamila     Nigerian Medical Association     Bibire Ajape     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Kisira     Kawu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Oyedepo     Issa Baba     Yomi Ogunsola     Sadiq Buhari     Tsaragi/Share     Kwara State Polytechnic     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Agboola Abdulraheem     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Ajike People Support Centre     Vasolar Consultoria     Kale Kawu     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Abatemi Usman     Shaaba Lafiagi     Binta Sulyman     Shehu Adaramaja     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Playing Host     Sadiq Umar     Shettima     Mohammed Saidu     UNILORIN Alumni     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Nagode     Emir Of Shonga     Kola Bukoye     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Dasuki Belgore     Igbaja     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Ajakaye     Justina Oha     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Saliu Tunde Bello     Salman Jawondo     Sheriff Shagaya     Riskat Opakunle     Yahaya Dumoye     Sulu Gambari     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Labour Party     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Offorjama     Ilorin South Constituency     Offa Descendants Union     Rashidi Yekini     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Kwara Basketball Association     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Akume     Leke Ogungbe     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Tunde Saad     Na\'Allah     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Taiwo Joseph     MalHub     IHS Towers     Paul Olawoore     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Kunle Suleiman     Police Commissioner     Okin High School     Saheed Alakoso     Haliru Dantoro     CLAY POT     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation