– Survey reveals how much prostitutes charge in Lagos
– Dwindling economic fortunes also affecting
patronage
– Desperation of sex workers make them almost beg
for customers
– Some into prostitution majorly for survival
A new survey has revealed how commercial sex
workers in Lagos state are now desperate for
customers and have reduced their charges.
The prostitutes who have also been affected by the
fluctuations of the economy, have lamented a sharp
drop in patronage from their erstwhile customers with
some of them even showing sheer desperation to get
men sleep with them for money.
In a survey carried out by New Telegraph in Lagos,
Nigeria’s commercial capital, it was gathered that the
sex workers were in a pretty bad shape as one of them
identified as Jessica, said: “There is no money in the
country. Guys are complaining, but at all at all na him be
witch. Wetin will man pickin do? We have to collect the pay
like that. I have been here since and the guys wey dey
come my way just dey price anyhow. You no see as you
dey price too.
“And if I tell you to do quick rest for N3, 000, you will say
no. They want it all through the night.”
File photo of prostitutes
At ‘Heavens’, a popular night club on 1st Avenue, Festac
Town, three different ladies were reported to have
poached the correspondent who went after them to
sample anyone who might be good enough for the
night, in a bid to outwit the other person to the
‘contract’.
Titi, who apparently appeared first, was literally begging
to be taken home by the correspondent, who priced her
far below the normal prices of between N7,000 and
N10, 000 charged in that area.
Down from her initial N15, 000/night billing, Titi
eventually accepted to be ‘taken down’ for N5,000, and
was quick to say “okay let’s go to your house, I will do
you well, you will enjoy me” when the others on the ‘list’
made their presence known but were insisting on
between N8,000 and N10,000/night.
One of the ladies of the night who was identified as
Stella while speaking on the manner of bargaining,
stated: “Oga this one wey you dey price like this, you no go
fit pay for all night. E go better if you go for quick rest.
Quick rest na N2500. Let’s leave the full night. I have a
place, where I lodge on 21 Road, let’s go there and enjoy
ourselves.
“I’m sweet let’s just do quick rest first. Long night is N10,
000 but as you dey price so, you no fit pay for full night. I
will do you well and I will give you my number so that you
can call anytime you need me.”
Jane, another prostitute who seemed to have been
isolated by the journalist carrying out the survey voiced
out badly, stating that she prayed for God to send her
new customers to take her home.
“You know that you don’t want to carry me to your house
and you came here and wasted my time.
“If I had stood at that place, somebody else would have
carried me. After now you will go and pray God to bless
your business but you are here spoiling my own business.
Go, let me wait and see if God will give me another
customer this night,” she lamented.
Some prostitutes standing by the roadside, waiting for
customers.
On the popular Allen Avenue in Ikeja another night
worker billed N5000 for “short time” but later accepted
to go for N2000, albeit refusing the offer to go to Isolo
(as proposed by the correspondent).
She said: “N2000 is the last price for short-time. Isolo is
far, I can’t go to Isolo. Let me stay here and keep hustling.”
While driving along the same route, the journalist met
anther desperate sex worker who identified herself as
Tricia. She exhibited every attribute of desperation as
the low patronage had made most of the prostitutes
become.
With a seeming plea in her eyes, she was reported to
have said “I will do you well” for a N4,000/night and a
N2,000/quickie.
In Surulere, Janet, a mother of one, was quite open in
her comments, saying: “I have a child. In the course of
my business, I got pregnant and I didn’t want to abort the
baby. It wasn’t easy for me then but I needed to keep the
baby. I used to give her Chelsea dry gin every night so that
she can sleep all through the night until I come back.
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