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The Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly has vowed to take legal action against Pusheng Game Ghana Limited, operators of a gambling game called ‘Jack Pot’ in a bid to revoke its license.<\/p>\n

According to the Assembly, the high patronage of such activities is not only affecting education but impacting on school children and minors in the area.<\/p>\n

The Assembly disclosed this during its Town hall meeting held in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region.\u00a0The Assembly also said the the betting company is putting a financial burden on parents in the area.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Citi News<\/strong>, Convener for Justice and Security for the Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly, Ayinbila Abubakar Atera, said the Assembly \u00a0decided to revoke the license of Pusheng Game Ghana Limited after it was revealed that school children patronize the facility to the detriment of their education.<\/p>\n

Mr. Atera disclosed that, a survey conducted by the assembly on persons who patronize the ‘Jack Pot’ game revealed that, contrary to an agreement by the assembly and Pusheng that only persons 18 years and above shall be allowed to take part in the ‘Jack pot’ game, about 70 percent of minors patronized the facility.<\/p>\n

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“When you look at the educational standard in the Bolga Municipality today, it’s an eye sore and you would find children age between 10 to 12 years playing this Jack Pot.\u00a0It is very worrying but when assembly members inquired from Pusheng, they said Ghana government and the assembly were aware of them and so cannot stop their operations but we assembly members will do everything possible to remove these ‘Jack Pots’ from our communities and the municipality because this is not what we need as a municipality, we need things that will give life to our future leaders,” Mr. Atera stated.<\/p>\n

\"gambling<\/p>\n

Mr. Atera added that, the assembly has gotten a lawyer to fast track legal action against the company.<\/p>\n

Bolgatanga Municipal Chief Executive Mr. Philip Adongo said, the temporary license given to Pusheng to operate has been breached since it was evident that more minors were patronizing the centre.<\/p>\n

“It is true that, we have received a lot of complains about this ‘Jack Pot’ and so a decision has been taken to revoke their license and the committee responsible is yet to come out with its final report for the revocation of the license of Pusheng Game operations in the municipality.”<\/p>\n

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By: Frederick Awuni\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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