Many commercial sex workers have heeded a call by the Bauchi State Government that they come out and be enumerated and empowered.
The government’s mission is to get them out of the trade, with the Permanent Commissioner, Bauchi State Hisbah Command, Barrister Aminu Balarabe Isah, saying the idea was to make them self reliant outside prostitution.
At the enumeration exercise on Wednesday, Isah said:
“The state government decided to provide them with the necessary empowerment skills and seed capital to enable them to quit the immoral attitude of prostitution. Some of them who are not indigenes of the state will be reunited with their parents if they so wish. The state government will contact their state governments for proper handing over of those affected.
“Biodata forms will be distributed to the sex workers to provide their personal information such as state of origin and the reason why they ventured into prostitution. They are also require to indicate the type of trade or occupation of their choice. The state will also sponsor the marriage of those willing to marry or remarry. We are fully committed to implementing the Sharia law as provided in our legal code but with full consideration of fundamental human rights of every citizen.
