Unbelievable! What bad economy has caused sex workers to do in Paradise City

 – The economic recession is hitting hard at the sex market in Paradise City, Calabar

– Sex workers are beginning to slash their prices outrageously.

– They have become very desperate and will do anything to see that they get a customer

There is a very terrible development emerging in the sex market which for quite a while has thrived at the paradise city, Calabar.

File Photo: Prostitutes at the Paradise City, Calabar are facing a really hard time getting customers.

The Vanguard reports that the nations economic crunch has dealt a severe blow at the business in the capital of Cross Rivers state.

An investigation reveals that most of the ladies involved in the trade are now forced to slash their charges to an all-time low of N400 for short time and N1, 500 – N2, 000 per night for home service.

According to an operator of one of the hot red light zones in the city, Madam Becky (not real name), due to diminishing patronage the girls have been forced to change their modes of operation.

Madam Beck who spoke in Pidgin English, told Niger Delta Voice that since February, the girls have been complaining of “bad market.”

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“Why you dey ask me all this kind JAMB question sef, u sure say u no be police? Na because you buy me drinks, wetin I fit tell be say Buhari government no favour us at all, if na before, u no go see girl plenty like that for here, except say Ekelebe people dey disturb. We dey settle them well well, but since February, the business don bad well well,” she lamented.

At some of the brothels and spots in Calabar South, he story was all the same. A lady-of-the-night solely called Princess told investigators after much haggle, purchase of a bottle of beer and food, that: “I finished My WAEC before I joined this runs oo, my father died that same year and my mother is not too strong to take care of all of us.”

“My father’s people accused our mother of our father’s death, so life has indeed being difficult. I actually came to Calabar in November 2015. I am from Orlu in Imo state but I started this business in Owerri before I moved to a joint in Obiagu in Enugu.

“Then for a change of environment, I decided to come to Calabar , last year, because I heard that there is usually a boom during the Calabar Carnival and I witnessed it, but things started changing around February,” she said.

Princess said:  “We used to collect a minimum of N500 naira for a round of sex but it started going down after that Valentine celebration. My customers in a day before used to be between 20 –35 when business was good, but as I am talking to you, my highest in a day is no longer up to 18 or 20 when there is a boom.”

“Upon say I be slim-fit, the only time we have business now is when they pay salaries, during festivities and public holidays,” she asserted.

According to the report, a spot on Lugard street, one of the call girls accosted one undercover investigator, saying, “No be N500 again oo, Buhari don make us bring down the price, port one and get one free” she said.

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“If you want home service, just tell me na only 2k I go collect but you go buy be drink and suya ooo with Indomie, but if you want sharp sharp, na N500 I go collect for one round ooo, “ she added. According to her,

“We just dey manage to survive, wetin man pikin go do, people no dey patronize us like before again, de only hope wey we get some time na some of our regular customers and during some weekends and holidays, but we nor get choice than to reduce wetin we dey charge before.” she asserted.

These days, prostitutes have devised different methods to meet up with their diverse business demands, especially in an ever dynamic world.

Fresh facts have emerged on how prostitutes now use point of sale (PoS) machine to receive cash from their clients.

According to Daily Post, a lady was said to have brought out the machine when a black Acura SUV packed in front of a notorious high-end strip club on the popular Allen Avenue in Ikeja, the Lagos state capital.

The skimpily dressed lady is said to have reportedly approached the vehicle and after a conversation which ensued between them, she brought out a PoS machine, and on sighting this, the man at the wheel slotted in a MasterCard, punched in his pin and zoomed off.

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