The Abuja Municipal Area Council candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Chief Eric Ibe at the FCT council polls chairmanship debate on Friday vows to send Abuja sex hawkers out of Abuja if voted into office.
He expressed worry that 1,285 women and girls in the FCT were allowed to “disgracefully sell their bodies every night” to afford food and other basic necessities for their families.
Ibe stated this during the FCT Council Chairmanship Debate held by The Pink Vote Movement and aired on Wazobia FM, yesterday in Abuja
The SDP candidate said: “We conduct research and discovered that about 1,285 women and girls prostitute on the streets of Abuja every night. This figure is very alarming and disturbing.
“The people we are talking about are our wives, sisters and daughters. So, we have to do what must be done to get them off the streets.
“Against this background, we have identified some civil society organizations that are ready to collaborate with the government to ensure that we give these women and girls a better life.”
He also promised to run an administration that will be ‘big’ on the open-door policy as well as women empowerment, saying “We will also ensure that 80% of all appointive positions are occupied by women because they are good managers.”
In the same vein, the candidate of the National Rescue Movement, Ms Minabo Horsfall, said she will focus on helping the people, especially women, to achieve success in material and financial terms, if elected.
