Hisbah: Bauchi Government To Conduct Head-Count Of Sex Workers
The Bauchi state government has found out plans to conduct a head-count of intercourse employees (sex workers) in the the state to have correct data on them.
NAN reports that the Permanent commissioner in charge of Hisbah and Sharia implementation, Aminu Balarabe-Isah, revealed this in Bauchi on Monday all through a sensitisation workshop organised for intercourse employees (sex workers).
He stated the records collected from the count will assist the commission in taking measures in order to discourage intercourse employees (sex workers) from persevering their trade.
He stated research accomplished by his agency suggests illiteracy, poverty, and maltreatment from stepmothers as the reason for increasing interest in the trade
He delivered that minor family problems additionally contributed to their decision.
Balarabe-Isah confident the intercourse employees (sex workers) that the government will make attempt to reunite them with their parents.
He additionally stated the state government had plans to organise empowerment programmes for the intercourse employees (sex workers) In addition to offer them with capital to begin small-scale businesses.
The commissioner stated the state government turned into prepared to organise mass marriages for the ones of them who desired to get married.
Hafsatu Azare, who spoke on behalf of the intercourse employees (sex workers), stated they have been inclined to end the trade if the government might empower them economically, describing their situation as pathetic.