The Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Mohammed Abdul-Salam, has disclosed that the Presidency has endorsed the contractual agreement between the NLA and KGL Technology Limited.

Speaking on Channel One TV’s Face to Face program on April 21, 2026, Abdul-Salam revealed that the agreement underwent extensive scrutiny and consultations with key state institutions including the Ministry of Finance, Attorney-General’s Department, and the Presidency.

According to him, the Presidency has issued a directive affirming that the NLA is within its mandate to enter into such agreements with private operators like KGL, provided they align with regulatory objectives.

However, he emphasised that the state must secure a greater share of revenue from the arrangement.

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“We initiated processes, engagements which had to even go as far as the Ministry of Finance and even to the presidency. We had to be directed to involve the AG. Initially the NLA through the board wrote to the AG to give its position regarding the contractual agreement between the KGL and NLA. Then we had the presidency directing the formation of a committee to do a review of the contract and all that. Those process have been walked, there is a completion.

“The presidency has equally issued a directive indicating that it was within the NLA’s mandate to enter such agreements with KGL and others for the purposes for providing regulation for the industry except that in terms of the revenue share which we have always stated that the NLA needed to gain much more from that contractual agreement than it is presently having. The state stands to benefit," he added.

Abdul-Salam noted that negotiations are ongoing to improve the financial terms of the contract, ensuring that the government and citizens benefit more significantly from the partnership.

In 2024, the NLA signed three separate licensing contracts with the KGL Group.

One of the contracts was a 15-year licensing deal for KGL to exclusively operate NLA’s most prized 5/90 lottery online and via USSD mobile short code in Ghana.

The other two were 10-year licenses granted to KGL to exclusively operate NLA’s 5/90 lottery online and via USSD mobile short code in Nigeria and Cote D’ivoire respectively.

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