Former Head of Public Relations at the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Razak Kojo Opoku, has defended the NLA’s contract with KGL Technology Limited, describing it as the most valuable contract since the establishment of the Authority in 1958.
Mr. Opoku, in a statement criticised what he called “unrepentant saboteurs” of KGL.
He accused the alleged critics of pushing a media-driven agenda based on misinformation, without understanding of the lottery industry and Ghana’s legal framework.
According to Mr. Opoku, these critics, he believes are deliberately ignoring the operational mandates of the NLA as spelled out in Act 722 and the Lottery Regulations (L.I. 1948), which fully empower the NLA to engage third-party private companies—such as KGL—to operate on its behalf.
He explained that under the law, the NLA is not required to directly sell lottery products to the public.
KGL, Mr. Opoku said, is a fully licensed and legally compliant online lotto marketing company that works within this structure.
He noted that, unlike other third-party companies which take money from the NLA, KGL injects significant funds into the Authority without demanding commissions or operational costs.
He emphasized that KGL operates at no cost to the NLA and, in addition to generating revenue, assists in paying lottery winners and supports corporate social responsibility programs in line with the NLA’s mandate.
Mr. Opoku called on Ghanaians to ignore politically motivated attacks against KGL.
A portion of the statement read, “There is absolutely NO legal violations, and absolutely NO state capture agenda by KGL that contravenes Act 722. With the greatest of respect, the Solicitor-General representing the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice on the Board of NLA who was re-appointed by H.E. John Mahama would NEVER allowed such legal violations to occur in relations to KGL-NLA Contract. The contract of KGL went through all the right processes of law, and proper scrutiny in accordance with Act 722, L. I. 1948 and other relevant laws of Ghana. The current arrangement between NLA and KGL is 100% ethically right and 100% LEGALLY right under Act 722 and L. I. 1948.”
It continued, “Let’s me reiterate that, it is absolutely FALSE that in the absence of KGL Technology Limited: NLA can generate GHS 6 billion annually in revenue. Deliver over GHS 3 billion in gross profit, and If properly optimized, can earn up to GHS 12 billion in revenue, and GHS 5 billion in profits annually for national development. Even Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA) or Bank of Ghana(BoG) cannot even dream of such aforementioned figures, not to talk of games of chance or running of highly volatile industry like lottery whereby winning ratios can easily exceed revenue generated on daily basis leading to debts and deficit for the NLA. In fact, there is no historical data or current scientific data that supports the aforementioned figures quoted by people who are seriously ignorant and misinformed about the lottery industry in Ghana.”
