H00kup: Commercial S€x Industry Workers Lament That Their Business Is No Longer Booming Due To Scarcity Of New Naira Notes (Watch Video)
Some commercial workers have lamented that their business is no longer growing since clients are strapped for cash during the naira crisis.
Due to a lack of money, this industry is no longer booming like it once did. My clientele has substantially decreased. a sex worker named Alexander Tricia lamented (not her real name).
A few of my clients will arrive following talks. To transfer the funds to my account, they will need my account number.
“The worst part of it is that even though you will notice their debit alert, you won’t actually receive credit.
“They’ll expect you to begin the service right away. Some of them will start acting up if you refuse.
In fact, a customer submitted a transfer alert to one of my coworkers. She had served the individual, but the money was still pending as of right now,” she stated.
Customers who pay cash will offer you prices between N1,500 and N3,000. They will claim that the sum is the only cash they have with them if you reject, though. I will be compelled to accept the price because I need money. According to Ifedi Ote (pseudonym), a former student and other sex worker.
Even the POS agents, to whom we regularly refer our customers for cash, have been unexpectedly short of cash for the past two weeks.
“I believe that this policy is sound. It is clear that the goal is to reduce crime. but the banks are not doing a good job of executing it, she claimed.
Tracy Ehigbere, a different commercial sex worker, made a complaint to the relevant authorities. She asked them to deal with currency-related issues immediately.
Even of the mammy markets and brothels that were visited in FCT satellite towns—which are often bustling with activity—were vacant, according to reports from NAN.
