The National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) has commended the transparent manner in which the draws for the Ecobank’s Salary Account Domiciliation Promotion were conducted.
The commendation was made at the prize presentation to one of the star prize winners, Mr Iliyasu Kademi, weekend, at the Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company Limited branch of Ecobank.
At the occasion, monitored by NLRC, Mr Illyasu Kademi was presented with a brand new Kia Soul car. Other car winners who were presented with their prizes earlier were Uyo Uko Ukom (Eket) and David Ajayi (Lagos).
Speaking at the occasion, the Senior Manager, Regulation and Monitoring, NLRC, Mr Kayode Ojoogun, who represented the Commission, said the mandate of the Commission was to regulate and monitor the lottery industry as well as ensure transparency in the lottery business.
He also stated that the Commission was at the occasion to ensure that the Bank redeems its prizes to the winners. He commended Ecobank for making the promo transparent and redeeming the prizes it promoted earlier.
Kayode also urged other banks and other organisations that run promos in Nigeria to emulate Ecobank by redeeming their prizes to the winners, as well as ensuring that only such promos permitted by the NLRC are carried out. He said that the Commission would not hesitate to clamp down on illegal lottery operators, as provided by the law.
In their speeches, the Area and Branch Managers of the Bank, Zakari Fakai and Alfred Oriakhe respectively said the Bank had given out two cars and 90 Blackberry phones to winners since the promo started six months ago.