Leadership (Abuja)
Chika Otuchikere
27 July 2008
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It was discovered that many ladies in full-time employment also engage in the trade on part-time.
Another lady advised that rather than try to stop the ladies from going into the trade they should stop the men from tempting them with money. She revealed that if anyone wants to find out the rate of involvement of ladies and men in this business of prostitution they should visit the hotel and find out those lodging there and the companies they keep.
One of the prostitutes pointed out that she was working with a private outfit but had to engage in the trade in order to make ends meet. According to her, she, like a lot of other girls who were involved in the business, were underpaid and had to do what they were doing in order to survive and remain in the FCT.
"Look, it is not as if I enjoy what I do, but the truth is, I need to see my younger ones through school and, again, there are no better job offers, so all I resort to doing is get some cute guys and get the money off them with a return in kind," Sandra said. "The truth is, I do this job because my salary at where I work is nothing to write home about, and as a young lady I have to buy some toiletries and still look presentable at all times, because my office is a place where there's a lot of competition."
Ladi said: I attended Nasarawa State Polytechnic but I came to Abuja to see what I can do for myself. On weekends I make my contacts and I have a friend who links me up with men, and so I meet with them and, depending on our bargain and the amount he will pay for a night, sometimes you might be lucky to get someone to offer you N5,000 or more but on a bad day, you might not get up to that amount".
There is also an increase in the number of these street girls but the alarming scenario is in the increase of undergraduates and graduates and their new mode of operation.
Revealing more to LEADERSHIP Sunday in an exclusive chat, an HND holder from the Nasarawa State Polytechnic who craved anonymity said: "I do runs for part-time because I don't want my younger ones to suffer again. There's no good job for one and the standard of living in Abuja is so expensive that if you don't do runs, you cannot survive. Transportation is hell, house rent... and shelter... all these are the basic needs of a woman, and so I sleep with men because of the money. Sometimes, these men are our only alternative."
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This trend has been going on for a while without the knowledge of the families of the girls involved or the wives of the men who use their services. They all appear very innocent and are able to hide this dark evil side of their lives without anyone knowing. They may feel justified by doing this by blaming it on the hardship of the country. Some of these girls don't even come from broken homes. Living in the UK most guys are unaware of this happening and naively think they will find a decent educated spouse in Nigeria from the universities not knowing that they are as bad as sodom and gomorrah. I mean universities have now become a breeding ground for all sorts of sexual acts like lesbianism and homosexuality.
These girls lose all sense of self esteem, spiritual sense of decency, respect and love for even their own loves ones. The federal government will have to look into this situation because this really reflects on the incredible decline in morality in Nigeria. Something seriously has to be done about this or they might as well as prostitution as a new curriculum for universities
Ugly trend indeed. Young girls graduates and undergraduates of our tertiary institutions going into prostitution as a means of getting money-using what they have to get what they want. Their body is longer the temple of the Holy Spirit but the house of evil and demonic spirits. May our God in his infinity mercy look down upon them and deliver them from this evil act. The blames in this respect should go to Our Leaders who are more corrupt than the evil in prostitution, they cause more hardship in this country and have nothing good to offer the masses and our school leavers. 2. The girls themslves are evil and have no respect for themselves, their families and their would be husbands. If they have fear of God, no situation will make them go into prositution for any reason. They pay their parents back with same for sending them to school. I pray God to give their parents heart to overcome the same.