Nigerian Prostitutes Endorses Buhari, Declares Three Days Free Sex If He Wins
Commercial
sex workers in the country under the aegis of the National Association
of Nigerian Prostitutes, NANP, have thrown their weight behind the
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.
NANP said it would declare a-three day free sex across the
country if president Jonathan eventually loses the seat to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari of APC.
Recall that the group had in 2013
declared one-week free sex after the Super Eagles defeated Burkina Faso
to lift the AFCON trophy after almost 20 years.
A statement signed by the group’s General Secretary, Jessica Elvis
noted that NANP was not happy with Jonathan’s government over the way
commercial sex workers were being treated in the country since he
assumed office as the first citizen.
It described Jonathan’s
government as the worst in the history of Nigeria, saying that it
recorded the lowest income during his tenure.
The statement also quoted Elvis as saying that several approaches to the presidency to legalize prostitution were turned down.
DAILY
POST recalls that a female prostitute, Patoo Abraham last year led
protests in Lagos to seek a better place for prostitutes in Nigeria.
Commercial
sex workers in the country under the aegis of the National Association
of Nigerian Prostitutes, NANP, have thrown their weight behind the
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.
NANP said it would declare a-three day free sex across the
country if president Jonathan eventually loses the seat to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari of APC.
Recall that the group had in 2013
declared one-week free sex after the Super Eagles defeated Burkina Faso
to lift the AFCON trophy after almost 20 years.
A
statement signed by the group’s General Secretary, Jessica Elvis noted
that NANP was not happy with Jonathan’s government over the way
commercial sex workers were being treated in the country since he
assumed office as the first citizen.
It described Jonathan’s
government as the worst in the history of Nigeria, saying that it
recorded the lowest income during his tenure.
The statement also quoted Elvis as saying that several approaches to the presidency to legalize prostitution were turned down.
DAILY
POST recalls that a female prostitute, Patoo Abraham last year led
protests in Lagos to seek a better place for prostitutes in Nigeria.
Abraham
who heads the Nigerian chapter of African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA)
and the Women of Power Initiative (WOPI), led the protests with
demonstrators wearing T-shirts screaming “Sex work is work, we need our
rights”.
“We are tired of dying in silence; we want to be able to practice our
profession with pride like every other person. We want an end to
name-calling and stigmatisation. We are sex workers and not asawo [a
derogatory Yoruba name for prostitutes]”, She told Aljazeera.
“Sex
work is normal work and there are sex workers everywhere under one form
of disguise or the other. The government should stop criminalizing our
work”, she further said.
Backing Abraham’s point, Elvis said for
failing to legalize prostitution, the group would not support Jonathan
for a second term.
“We sent a proposal to the government in March
2, 2012, almost a year after Jonathan was fully elected as president of
Nigeria on the need to legalize prostitution. That was when our late
president, Micah Ejoyo was alive, but the presidency rather declared war
on us by arresting some members on the street of Abuja.
“Most of
them are students who are using the job to pursue their education. We
all cannot work in Aso Rock, NNPC or Shell. We don’t rob people. We are
using our endowment to fend for ourselves. We deserve to be respected.
Enough of this hypocrisy because even Jonathan and his team are not
saints.”
Speaking further, the statement as obtained by DAILY POST
on Friday enjoined all members of the association to come out en mass
come February 14 to vote out Jonathan from Aso Rock.
“We are calling on all our members and every Nigerian in particular to
join the march. No to Jonathan! Because under Jonathan’s government, we
lost over 400 members in the north to the Boko Haram insurgency and we
are not ready to lose anybody again. We would be declaring a three-day
free sex if God eventually sends Jonathan out of Aso Rock. You can count
on us. We did it before and we can do it again. Enough is enough,” the
statement added.
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