Dr. Stephen Amoah who is the member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso has announced that Nana Addo’s government is putting measures in place to deal ruthlessly with youth below 18 years who are engaged in sports betting.
Giving details about the new move, Dr. Stephen Amoah hinted that a by-law has been drafted to take care of this newly implemented initiative.
According to him, this step is to limit the criminal cases the nation is currently recording rampantly on daily basis.
He said that many children steal from their parents to stake bet which is seen as a criminal act.
In an exclusive interview with Abusua FM, the MP said that the law will also see to it that children will stay away from alcohol.
“What we are going to do now in Nhyieaso is that children below 18 years will be arrested at betting organizations if they engage in betting, we will also arrest children possessing or buying alcohol and other hard substances. We will arrest them even when they are sent by their parents”.
“And one important strategy we are going to deploy is by telling children to always show their ID cards when engaging in any of these, if they’re below 18 we will arrest them as done elsewhere.”
“The time children will say Manchester United will score Chelsea, Chelsea will score Liverpool, I will win this bet today, then we are there to arrest them, Dr Amoah said.
Ewurama Acheampoma