The Lotteries Commission is not functioning and its Chair, Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman, is of the view that it should be dissolved.
Speaking with Stabroek News at the National Assembly last Thursday, Trotman once again noted that the commission has not met since its appointment in 2015.
He explained that since there is only one lottery company, Canadian Bank Note Ltd (CBN) the commission is not required to regulate payment of licence fees from several entities, while other functions such as regulating the spending of the amounts paid is not a statutory responsibility of the commission.
“Those duties have been taken on by the Ministry of Finance, so there
