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.
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.
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.
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.
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 criminalising 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.
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,”
“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,”
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