Social media influencer and former Presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has urged President Bola Tinubu to ban sports betting apps in the country, saying it could even help improve the value of the Naira.

Omokri, who quoted the National Lottery Trust Fund lamented that “$1 billion is spent on gambling daily in Nigeria.”

The media influencer in a series of tweets shared on X, stated that an average Nigerian spends “$15 daily on sports betting and other types of gambling.”

Omokri noted that despite the high rate of gambling in the country, the “vast majority of that amount” is leaving the shores of the country into foreign nations, compared to the nation’s externally generated revenue.