Lagos-based commercial sex workers have disclosed that the nation’s economic challenges have forced them to keep their charges constant, citing the importance of taking their customer’s budgets into consideration.
The sex workers in a report(not rapidospace News) said that fewer people are requesting their services as a result of the economy’s current status, which has negatively affected socio-economic activities.
Nneka Neli,(Not her real name) a prostitute from the Egbeda-Igando area, clarified that she could not raise her fees due to a significant drop in the number of males who patronise her
Neli observed that in order to keep her surviving clients, who were already having challenges with their finances, she had to keep her charges moderate.
The sex workers said that the current state of the economy has severely impacted socio-economic activities, leading to a decline in the number of clients seeking their services.
Neli noted that keeping her prices affordable was necessary to retain her remaining customers, I’ve kept my charges affordable for my customers Some of them have even stopped coming because of the current economic situation in the country.
I charge between N20,000 to N25,000 for the whole night, and N15,000 for a quickie or for one or two hours
Another prostitute on LASU Road , Peace lamented the dire situation of the economy and the fact that clients were avoiding her.
It hasn’t been kind to me, this economy. It’s simply grinning and suffering. To gain any business, I have to maintain my rates. Peace stated that the rates were flexible and that the fee for two hours was N25,000, a quickie is N15,000, and the entire night is N30,000.
Dolapo Abiodun, a pimp, said that his clients had continued to charge what they used to in order to be competitive in the market.
She won’t turn you down if I call any of these girls to work for you now for N5,000,” Abiodun said. They no longer even go out at night because they don’t think they’ll get any business. S