Lagos State Government has urged commercial sex workers in the state to give up prostitution and apply for vocational training to empower themselves.
Director of Disease Control, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr. Jemilade Longe, and a representative of the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Mrs. Ndifreke Okwuegbunam, gave the advice at a forum on rehabilitation of commercial sex workers in the state.
The event, tagged Community Conversation, was organised by United Way Nigeria in partnership with the GirlTalk Education Foundation.
It is meant to organise 1, 800 communities across 41countries globally on suggestions regarding the rehabilitation of commercial sex workers.
Okwuegbunam, said communities must identify and provide assistance to the needs of the young women who engage in commercial sex.
She added, “To move forward, we will work with communities where poverty is rampant, speak with the grass roots and help improve their standards of living by providing them with vocational skills.”
Longe explained that the government was committed to helping young women to find other uses for their lives other than prostitution.
October 23, 2012 by Sodiq Oyeleke
Written by NEWSTRAWL ONLINE UPDATE
Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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