Context

Nigeria is one of the highest oil producing countries in the world and a member of the OPEC cartel yet it is very poor because of mismanagement.

The government used to subsidise gas/fuel but can no longer afford to because of said mismanagement and had in recent times had to borrow just to fund these subsidies leading to the country spending 92% of its revenues on debt servicing.

Anyways there was a hotly contested election earlier this year and the new president removed fuel subsidies immediately which caused domestic pump prices, transportation costs, and prices of goods and services to increase.

Sharp increase in prices of goods = fall in demand because most people are poor and live on less than $2 a day, and spend 60% of income on food.

Most affected are s*x workers who have to reduce their prices in the face of dwindling demand for their services.

PS for easy conversion right now USD/NGN is ~₦770.

Removal of fuel subsidy has affected commercial s*x workers in Kano State, IGBERETV reports.

Narrator: Kano is a sharia state dominated by Muslims where prostitution is illegal, and a signer was sentenced to death for blaspheming the Prophet's name.

The s*x workers who complained about low patronage expressed their pains while fielding questions from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sabon Gari area of Stragge Local Government Area of the state on Sunday, August 27.

The s*x workers in the ancient commercial city, who hitherto smile home with their pockets full, now resort to lobbying customers to do “business” with them at very ridiculous low charges.

Ms Mercy Benjamin told NAN that before now, a round of “short time” service could be settled with N5,000 within a time frame of one hour, but the biting effects of fuel subsidy removal had forced customers to disappear.

Benjamin said one round of s*x now go for as low as between N500 and N700 for the same services.

Less than a dollar if you wanna get your stick wet

"Things are not really going on well with this business for now because of the present economic challenges we are facing,” she said.

Another s*x worker who identified herself as Jennifer, told NAN that it is no longer business as usual for them, saying “my brother, business is no longer moving as it used to be.

"Things have become so hard that if you see more than three customers in one day, you will thank God. Customers are hard to come by, and when they come, the offer is nothing to write home about.

"In this very particular room, I pay N5,000 every day; and I must confess to you that I am owing the management three days debt now because of low patronage

"Before fuel subsidy removal, we were enjoying high patronage with good prices. These days, I used to attend to seven to 10 customers everyday with good prices ranging between N5,000 and N10,000 for short time services.

10 customers a day at ₦10,000 per customer= ₦100,000 a day. Minimum wage is ₦30,000

“This is apart from other incentives like good food, drinks, chicken, Isi-ewu and other goodies that customers provide on their own volition,”

"Unlike now when customers hardly come to hang out in the evening, we used to have customers on day-break ready to offer well above N20,000 and also take care of your accommodation, food and drinks. This is really hardtimes for us,” she said.

Jennifer further stated that most of her colleagues who could not pay for their rooms have returned home with regrets of penury.

"Some of them left without their property as the hotel management seized their cloths and electronics because of the money they are owing. We that are still here are surviving through the grace of God,” she explained.

Jesus famously loved prostitutes

Narrating her latest experience as a result of the cash crunch, Ms Helen Ediga at Onitsha Road, said she ready to quit the business if given alternative source of livelihood.

Ediga, who only agreed to speak to talk after being offered a token of N1,500 and a bottle of Maltina to cover her time, said: "Sir, I am not happy being into this kind of business. It is hardship that led me into it. I am a single mother with three children. I am the only one that take care of them.

Get that bag sis

"My man left us in Kano and relocated to Abuja where he is currently staying with another woman. I come out every evening to hassle so that I can put food on the table for my three children and possibly train them

"Since the fuel subsidy removal, we have been suffering. In most cases, I will spend the whole day without anyone asking me ‘how are you'. It has been a very bitter experience. If I have other means of livelihood, I will definitely quit this business!”, Ediga said.

NAN also gathered that the s*x hawkers who usually stand along Enugu Road, Aba Road, Onitsha Road and Abbedie Street, among other hotspots within Sabon Gari, are worse hit by the situation as most of them complain of staying throughout the day, scouting for customers without success.

Findings further revealed that night clubs, fun centres and beer drinking joints now record very low patronage as residents hardly come out in the evening for relaxation or to have “good time” due to the cash crunch.

Random comments from Nairaland

Let the poor breathe cheesy

I'm still yet to understand the idea behind paying a woman for sex___well, I guess it's because the man approached them.

The energy mostly required to fuel the intercourse comes from the man and psychology has proven that women enjoy s*x more than men.

A man loses money, energy, while the woman loses absolutely nothing.

This days prickk no de stand again.. bills too much

7 to 10 men in a day 😮

Women strong pass men

Nawa ohhh

And somebody's husband is begging me to see him for 150k here in Abuja and I'm even insulting him with his money

There are levels to this nonsense called hookup abi prostitution

God,please don't let any condition make me succumb to hookup

If you don't, someone prettier and sexier would do it for 100k. The man should stop wasting his time and energy.

Since prostitution is the oldest business, I feel we should live and let live...but my God! 7- 10 men in a day?? I no know who to shake head for. The ladies, or the men who foolishly queue to be among those multiple men.

Would you frick a s*x worker? What's the least you've ever paid?