The commercial s*x workers in Nigeria 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 promised a repeat of what they did in 2013 when the Super Eagle lifted the AFCON trophy after almost 20 years, when they gave free services to their customers for one week.
The group criticized the Goodluck led administration for not treating them well since he assumed office as the president of the country.
In a statement by the group’s General Secretary, Jessica Elvis, Jonathan’s government was described as the worst that the country has ever had; besides having the lowest patronages as well as lowest income ever recorded.
They also decried several failed approaches to legalize the profession which Jonathan government turned down, a case in point was when a female prostitute, by the name, Patoo Abraham led a protest in Lagos sometimes last year to seek a better place for the profession in the country, which they say didn’t get the needed attentions.
Abraham who heads the Nigerian chapter of African S*x Workers Alliance (ASWA) and the Women of Power Initiative (WOPI), led the protests with demonstrators wearing T-shirts screaming “S*x work is work, we need our rights”.s*x
“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 stigmatization. We are s*x workers and not asawo [a derogatory Yoruba name for prostitutes]”, She told Aljazeera. “S*x work is normal work and there are s*x 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, they 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 s*x 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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