Ogun empowers 50 female sex workers

The Ogun State government says it has empowered over 50 female sex workers across the state between January and August in order to take them off the streets. The Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs Biola Kufile-Okonji, disclosed this yesterday while playing host to House Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development. The committee members, led […]

The Ogun State government says it has empowered over 50 female sex workers across the state between January and August in order to take them off the streets.

The Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs Biola Kufile-Okonji, disclosed this yesterday while playing host to House Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development.

The committee members, led by their Chairman, Mrs Juliana Akintayo, were on an oversight visit to the ministry in Abeokuta.

Kufile-Okonji, represented by the Director, Social Welfare Services, Mr Olurotimi Sotubo, said the women were trained in soap making, pastries and jelly production, in conjunction with the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA).

The commissioner explained that the sex workers were rehabilitated, trained and equipped with skills to make a living.

She also disclosed that 250 teenage girls were trained in sexual reproductive health and livelihood support, in collaboration with Action Health Incorporated. She added that over 1,112 family cases were handled by the ministry throughout the state, saying that 876 family cases were successfully concluded, while 160 estranged couples were reconciled.

“Apart from these, we have raided and evacuated over 575 vagrant lunatics, destitute and beggars,” she said.