Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif has advised the youth to stop wasting valuable time on sports betting.
Research conducted by a social policy think tank, Baraka Policy Institute in 2019 on sports betting showed that, the act was fast becoming a serious social force against schooling in Ghana.
The research also shows that a large number of school children were engaged in sports betting using online platforms through mobile phones as well as physically being present at betting centres.
Speaking to sit-in host Atsu Tamakloe on TownHall Talk on Friday (12 November), Ussif said the youth are becoming addictive to betting.
“…What I have realised is that, instead of the youth using their time for very useful activities, you see them converge at these shops the whole day, becoming very addicted to gaming,” he said.
“Now a days you can even be doing something meaningful, and bet online, so I don’t see why they should be spending more time in those shops, that is my major worry,” Ussif said.
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