Cross River- About 1,000 resident prostitutes are currently operating from the city
of calabar and other towns in Cross River State of Nigeria.
A Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) Enhancing Nigeria Response on HIV
and AIDS, said it recorded 9,838 of such sex workers, says the Programme
Officer, Mrs Mary Mbukpa in Calabar.
Mbukpa said that Calabar South Local Government Area had the largest
concentration of the workers.
“There are more than 9,838 female sex workers in Cross River with
Calabar South having the largest concentration and it is followed by Calabar
Municipal Council,” Mbukpa said.
She said that other towns in the state with high numbers of sex workers
were Ogoja, Obubra, Ugep, Ikom and Akamkpa, adding that Cross River was
one of the states in the country with a high case of discrimination against
Persons Living with HIV and AIDS.
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