About
41 Nigerian prostitutes were arrested in Weiba, Ghana around a place called
Choice where several pubs operate at night.
The
arrest of the prostitutes followed a tip-off from some residents in the area
who had commented over the “nuisance activities” of the prostitutes, which have
turned the vicinity into a haven for drug peddlers and armed robbers.
The
Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) had earlier
hinted of decriminalizing prostitution in the coming months. This was according
to the commissioner, Joseph Wittal, who says, prostitution as a mode of work
cannot be linked to a crime. “Decriminalizing prostitution is meant to rig the
status book of offenses that seem to be targeting poverty.
Prostitution
can be regulated. If in your own way, somebody has their own way of living why
don’t to see how it can be regulated?” he quizzed.
Prostitution
remains an illegal act in Ghana with offenders exposed to minimal to severe
jail terms.
Reports
from the United Nations (UN) show that the main reasons for which most African
and Ghanaian women enter in prostitution are due to poverty .
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