Nigerian prostitutes to declare three days of free sex if Buhari 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.
Recall 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
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.
“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 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.