Legalise sex trade – Prostitutes begs Mahama

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kofi 10 years ago

this is foolish, is it that all women who are not working are into this evil act. is a demonic and l don't think any sensible lead/president will do such a thing to Legalise prostitution.God hate and so must we hate it too. p ...
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this is foolish, is it that all women who are not working are into this evil act. is a demonic and l don't think any sensible lead/president will do such a thing to Legalise prostitution.God hate and so must we hate it too. plz Mr Mahama don't. listing to them.
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 10 years ago

Kofi, you don't know the evil ones in society. The devils in society are the politicians!

Prostitutes render crucial services in society. Consider the following:
Can you imagine the number of rapes if there was no alterna ...
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Kofi, you don't know the evil ones in society. The devils in society are the politicians!

Prostitutes render crucial services in society. Consider the following:
Can you imagine the number of rapes if there was no alternative like prostitutes?
What if your wife delivers, how would you satisfy yourself?
What if you travel without your wife?
Even more serious, what if your wife is ill?

In all these scenarios the prostitute steps in as the perfect solution to the situation.

And what is more, no strings attached - you pay her and she delivers what you want and both of you go your SEPARATE ways without further obligation. You only have to avoid catching a disease.

So rather than demonise them we must accept that without these ladies of the night no woman would be safe and men would be slaughtering themselves every day over women
KOLA,LONDON MAIN 10 years ago

Well said SGT Anani Fiadzoe.It is very difficult to stop prostitution and sometimes leads to organized crime and human trafficking.

The best way to control prostitution is through regulation. The government should regulate ...
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Well said SGT Anani Fiadzoe.It is very difficult to stop prostitution and sometimes leads to organized crime and human trafficking.

The best way to control prostitution is through regulation. The government should regulate this trade to boost tourism.It should be made to look attractive to collect more 'cash' to Govt chest.
Agyei 10 years ago

IS THAT WHAT GOD CREATED THEM TO DO?

IS THAT WHAT GOD CREATED THEM TO DO?
KOLA,LONDON MAIN 10 years ago

No! God did not create anyone to do prostitution and in fact the bible teaches against it however, this is a system not governed by the bible principles.

Those doing that trade have come under pressure, some being inspired ...
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No! God did not create anyone to do prostitution and in fact the bible teaches against it however, this is a system not governed by the bible principles.

Those doing that trade have come under pressure, some being inspired by the devil to destroy. As it stands now, you cannot ask the government to preach for such to stop rather than the govt using regulatory system to control them.
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Asiwome 10 years ago

Read the story of Tamar again! "There are non prostitutes here."

Read the story of Tamar again! "There are non prostitutes here."
Oba Nyansani Baako Pe In Ghana! 10 years ago

Mahama knows how to sleep with women so please allow them to go to the Flagstar House. Mahama can use just some few minutes to fuck them all. He he he he he I can't stop laughing!

Mahama knows how to sleep with women so please allow them to go to the Flagstar House. Mahama can use just some few minutes to fuck them all. He he he he he I can't stop laughing!
Jingo Bell 10 years ago

Homosexuals want Ghana to legalized their satanic lifestyle, and prostitutes too want legalization of their satanic and diseases carrying activities in Ghana. What is Satan up to in Ghana? Christians must pray very hard. Sata ...
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Homosexuals want Ghana to legalized their satanic lifestyle, and prostitutes too want legalization of their satanic and diseases carrying activities in Ghana. What is Satan up to in Ghana? Christians must pray very hard. Satan has his eyes on Ghana. Christians shouldn't rest at all.

When you have demonic thieves and teenage fucker parliamentarians, that is what you get in your country.
why? 10 years ago

no problem, go get business license and pay heavy tax then u can go on with your business

no problem, go get business license and pay heavy tax then u can go on with your business
DAN 10 years ago

they are whores in every nation..Even storys on net now about Indian whores..make them legal,clean(doctor visits) then tax them! Just like Amsterdam,& Nevada USA

they are whores in every nation..Even storys on net now about Indian whores..make them legal,clean(doctor visits) then tax them! Just like Amsterdam,& Nevada USA
Nicholas J Bedzo 10 years ago

That is right,no work for them and they are hungary.Go ahead with your
plans,even the Police is interested
of having a bite of the cake.

That is right,no work for them and they are hungary.Go ahead with your
plans,even the Police is interested
of having a bite of the cake.
Asiwome 10 years ago

YOU DISGUST ME!

YOU DISGUST ME!
Sureiop 10 years ago

A very good contribution from SGT ANANI FIADZOE. We must face the realities of the time and legalise and regulate it in the fashion of Singapore to generate income through taxes and avoid the spread of STDs. I still recall t ...
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A very good contribution from SGT ANANI FIADZOE. We must face the realities of the time and legalise and regulate it in the fashion of Singapore to generate income through taxes and avoid the spread of STDs. I still recall the poem "Malaya" which shows that clients of the prostitutes cut across all men of various vocations including the school boy.
I will join this club 10 years ago

Are u saying u don't fuck prostitudes? Yes u do. Any woman u fuck besides ur wife or girl friend is a prostitude.

Are u saying u don't fuck prostitudes? Yes u do. Any woman u fuck besides ur wife or girl friend is a prostitude.
ROMANO 10 years ago

ASK WISE- TALK MOTHER ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE TRADE.WISE-TALK MOTHER FUCKS ANYTHING THAT MOVES.SHE IS CURRENTLY THE ASHAWO GOAL QUEEN OF AFRICA.

ASK WISE- TALK MOTHER ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE TRADE.WISE-TALK MOTHER FUCKS ANYTHING THAT MOVES.SHE IS CURRENTLY THE ASHAWO GOAL QUEEN OF AFRICA.
Ghana 4 Ghanaians 10 years ago

Who is disturbing their filthy trade? Even dogs have a sense discipline, they engage in uncontrolled sex only when they want to procreate.

Who is disturbing their filthy trade? Even dogs have a sense discipline, they engage in uncontrolled sex only when they want to procreate.
koo Japan 10 years ago

hahahhahha Mahama, please listen to your sisters and grant them their wish hahahhaha

hahahhahha Mahama, please listen to your sisters and grant them their wish hahahhaha
.... 10 years ago

I wonder why one would pay hard earned Cedis on any of those oversize women in the picture.

But out of curiosity it would be interesting to see what is under those mini skirts.

I wonder why one would pay hard earned Cedis on any of those oversize women in the picture.

But out of curiosity it would be interesting to see what is under those mini skirts.
Abrampah 10 years ago

Kwasia man!

Kwasia man!
SMELLIES 10 years ago

Under the skirts are stinking 'holes' and elongated clitoris ready for the whiteman to suck.

Under the skirts are stinking 'holes' and elongated clitoris ready for the whiteman to suck.
4 Year Old 10 years ago

They are obese and sick looking. Who in his right mind will waste his time, energy and money on sick, HIV/AIDS prostitutes? The problem is with the depraved minded men. If they changed these kwashiko prostitutes will starve a ...
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They are obese and sick looking. Who in his right mind will waste his time, energy and money on sick, HIV/AIDS prostitutes? The problem is with the depraved minded men. If they changed these kwashiko prostitutes will starve and have no benefit doing this crazy demonic, so-called job.
CAPE COAST BOY 10 years ago

IS THIS TRUE ?

IS THIS TRUE ?
Osofo 10 years ago

Author check your heading.

Author check your heading.
OGOGLO QUARTER 10 years ago

LEGALIZING SEX TRADE AND HOMOSEXUALITY IN GHANA WILL BE A BIG MISTAKE.THE MOST DISGRACEFUL HUMAN ACTS..HEY DIRTY GIRLS ,BETTER KEEP QUIET AND F**K ELSE THE GOV WILL START CHASING YOUR SMELLING ASSES OFF THE STREET AND CORNE ...
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LEGALIZING SEX TRADE AND HOMOSEXUALITY IN GHANA WILL BE A BIG MISTAKE.THE MOST DISGRACEFUL HUMAN ACTS..HEY DIRTY GIRLS ,BETTER KEEP QUIET AND F**K ELSE THE GOV WILL START CHASING YOUR SMELLING ASSES OFF THE STREET AND CORNERS TADI .
Kwadwo Nkansah 10 years ago

These journalists have been repeatedly using this picture taking 3 years ago at the New York gay and lesbian parade. They use it as if the girls in the picture are Ghanaians or Africans. Everybody knows that even the middle c ...
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These journalists have been repeatedly using this picture taking 3 years ago at the New York gay and lesbian parade. They use it as if the girls in the picture are Ghanaians or Africans. Everybody knows that even the middle class to high class working Ghanaian look mal nourish with chicken legs and dry skin from the scorching African sun.
Prophet Owusu 10 years ago

We pastors really don't care where or how they get their money from to pay their tithe and collection. Honestly, both good and bad churches will never question an unemployed person or an under age child when they give any don ...
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We pastors really don't care where or how they get their money from to pay their tithe and collection. Honestly, both good and bad churches will never question an unemployed person or an under age child when they give any donation to the church. All we do is thank God and pray for them to donate more the next time. How they get their money do not concern us.
k.k.egbeomor 10 years ago

money is money it could be blood,toilet, ashiawo all be money before the so called men of God

money is money it could be blood,toilet, ashiawo all be money before the so called men of God
DANTE 10 years ago

MY FRIEND, THOSE FAT SHINY LEGS YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE ARE NOT A SIGN OF WELL NOURISHED GIRLS.

LOOK AT THEIR FAT LEGS AND HIPS. IT'S A SIGN OF LIVER MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE, DURING WHICH THE PATIENT GRADUALLY SWELLS INTO TH ...
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MY FRIEND, THOSE FAT SHINY LEGS YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE ARE NOT A SIGN OF WELL NOURISHED GIRLS.

LOOK AT THEIR FAT LEGS AND HIPS. IT'S A SIGN OF LIVER MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE, DURING WHICH THE PATIENT GRADUALLY SWELLS INTO THINKING THAT IT'S HEALTHY GROWTH, NA LIE! IT'S A GRADUAL TERMINAL HEALTH CONDITION.

HAVE SEX WITH SUCH A WOMEN AT YOUR OWN PERIL, BECAUSE SHE MAY BE CARRYING OTHER DEADLY INFECTIOUS OR CONTAGIOUS KILLERS.
GEORGE 10 years ago

it will be better for you people to stop that kind of work and stop spreading diseases or else your end may not be nice at all

it will be better for you people to stop that kind of work and stop spreading diseases or else your end may not be nice at all
GENERAL YONI 10 years ago

Receiving Mobile phone or I-pad for sex is same thing my brother

The prostitutes we will never recognize.. they are masked in The Churches

Poking for money is prostitution Period

Receiving Mobile phone or I-pad for sex is same thing my brother

The prostitutes we will never recognize.. they are masked in The Churches

Poking for money is prostitution Period
HERB DEFENDER 10 years ago

Actually the lady was making sense...

Actually the lady was making sense...
Man 10 years ago

Fools

Fools
EZEKIEL 10 years ago

EVERY FOOL APPEALS to Mahama to do this/that!! Why do we have a parliament at all ??? Ghana is becoming a FUNNY STATE if not already !!!!!
Yesterday...the Lesbians and Homos,today ..the prostitutes...tomorrow the Association ...
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EVERY FOOL APPEALS to Mahama to do this/that!! Why do we have a parliament at all ??? Ghana is becoming a FUNNY STATE if not already !!!!!
Yesterday...the Lesbians and Homos,today ..the prostitutes...tomorrow the Association of Armed Robbers calling for recognition !!!!!!An ALMOST USELESS COUNTRY!
atik 10 years ago

By de jure prostitution is illegal in this country but de facto prostitution is being practiced.

By de jure prostitution is illegal in this country but de facto prostitution is being practiced.
Ben Cool 10 years ago

Instead of (TALKING and TALKING and Talking ) , the only alternative or solution for this Immoral behaviour in our sociaty is EDUCATION for one and secondly , both MEN and women have to be encouraged to stop that irresponsibl ...
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Instead of (TALKING and TALKING and Talking ) , the only alternative or solution for this Immoral behaviour in our sociaty is EDUCATION for one and secondly , both MEN and women have to be encouraged to stop that irresponsible practice.Also, I think that pauverty is perhaps the only cause of this terrible situation....
DANTE 10 years ago

MY FRIEND, THOSE FAT SHINY LEGS YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE ARE NOT SIGNS OF WELL NOURISHED GIRLS. FAR FROM THAT!

LOOK AT THEIR FAT LEGS AND HIPS. IT'S A SIGN OF LIVER MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE, DURING WHICH THE PATIENT GRADUALLY ...
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MY FRIEND, THOSE FAT SHINY LEGS YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE ARE NOT SIGNS OF WELL NOURISHED GIRLS. FAR FROM THAT!

LOOK AT THEIR FAT LEGS AND HIPS. IT'S A SIGN OF LIVER MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE, DURING WHICH THE PATIENT GRADUALLY SWELLS OR BLOATS INTO THINKING THAT IT'S HEALTHY GROWTH, NA LIE! IT'S A GRADUAL TERMINAL HEALTH CONDITION.

HAVE SEX WITH SUCH A WOMEN AT YOUR OWN PERIL, BECAUSE SHE MAY BE CARRYING OTHER DEADLY INFECTIOUS OR CONTAGIOUS KILLERS.
RAW 10 years ago

SEX EVERYWHERE.. DONT TURN THIS COUNTRY TO SODOM & GOMORRA

SEX EVERYWHERE.. DONT TURN THIS COUNTRY TO SODOM & GOMORRA
Agabus 10 years ago

Ghana, what is going on in dis world. Because of no job ,people ve turn into prostitute and gay.they are into cus of money. Let pray for mothe Ghana

Ghana, what is going on in dis world. Because of no job ,people ve turn into prostitute and gay.they are into cus of money. Let pray for mothe Ghana
PAP ZULU 10 years ago

hahahahaha am really surprised people are worrying their heads insulting and passing all sorts of comments. please take this as a comic relief in this period of stress. ECOWAP paaaaaaaa

hahahahaha am really surprised people are worrying their heads insulting and passing all sorts of comments. please take this as a comic relief in this period of stress. ECOWAP paaaaaaaa
akonfem mahama,booool 10 years ago

OH HMMMM,THEIR VERY HUNGRY,CORRUPT MAHAMA GHANA FOR YOU OOOOOO,MAHANI IS FAKE TO THE NATION,

OH HMMMM,THEIR VERY HUNGRY,CORRUPT MAHAMA GHANA FOR YOU OOOOOO,MAHANI IS FAKE TO THE NATION,
Nantwi,BSEd,MSEd(ece),MSEd(sas) 10 years ago

"Oyiwah",Over to you Mr.President.

"Oyiwah",Over to you Mr.President.
ONIPANUA 10 years ago

The best way forward is to ship them to europe where prositutes are worshipped,especially to Holland,Switzerland and Sweden from where they can earn foreign exchange for Ghana.In Ghana they are only spreading diseases.

The best way forward is to ship them to europe where prositutes are worshipped,especially to Holland,Switzerland and Sweden from where they can earn foreign exchange for Ghana.In Ghana they are only spreading diseases.
BOY KUMASI 10 years ago

Sorry, prostitutes are not worshipped in Europe as you think rather they are blessed with good medical check-ups and pay tax as well.

Sorry, prostitutes are not worshipped in Europe as you think rather they are blessed with good medical check-ups and pay tax as well.
onipanua 10 years ago

Ghana is not an immoral nation like european nations to legalize prostitution.Immoral europe is ready to welcome them.

Ghana is not an immoral nation like european nations to legalize prostitution.Immoral europe is ready to welcome them.
DAN 10 years ago

and Killers so don't ever say Ghana is heaven/paradise..Ghana is no different than any other 3rd world country that has no running water, no place to shit and no lights every day of week

and Killers so don't ever say Ghana is heaven/paradise..Ghana is no different than any other 3rd world country that has no running water, no place to shit and no lights every day of week
ohenenana 10 years ago

The picture use here is not a picture of prostitutes. Its a clear case of misrepresentation. Ghanaweb had better watch its writers who time and again have shown their inexperience in journalism. But a case like this is risky ...
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The picture use here is not a picture of prostitutes. Its a clear case of misrepresentation. Ghanaweb had better watch its writers who time and again have shown their inexperience in journalism. But a case like this is risky and can brign Ghanaweb into disrepute. You could be liable.
don money 10 years ago

They Government should legally register them so that we will be able to raise tax for economic development afterall they are not lesbians and at the same time homosexuals.(PLEASE MAHAMA DO SOMETHING)

They Government should legally register them so that we will be able to raise tax for economic development afterall they are not lesbians and at the same time homosexuals.(PLEASE MAHAMA DO SOMETHING)
Kwesi Atta Sakyi 10 years ago

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Imagine if prostitution was legalised in Ghana, how much gargantuan tax revenue government would derive from the bevy of prostitutes, and how youth unemployment for many girls would be solved, and how some pent-up feeling among some rival political parties in Ghana, ( causing the sparks to fly), would be toned down after relieving themselves of swollen passions!

There would be relative calm in the Supreme Court after some men have been slayed and flayed by the daughters of Eve in the harems. Those who make hullabaloo of cacophony of a din on radio, and who jar our tympanic membranes, would become sober again after some bashing in the bayou, and being taught some rudimentary housekeeping lessons by some gymnastic and acrobatic bitches!

Their frayed nerves would be calmed and they would approach issues realistically after those smart divas had hoodwinked them and robbed them of their money, doused their garments in water, and having got them heavily drunk or drugged in the act, through their seductive overtures. Ho la la!

But of course, we would have to contend with the negative externalities or social costs of broken marriages, snatched husbands, increase in STDs and STIs, increase in moral decay, among others. Many countries in the advanced world, such as the Netherlands, have been proactive, creative and pragmatic in accommodating issues such as smoking of marijuana, gay rights and the legalisation of prostitution.

However, one would say that Ghana has a strong traditional culture which has no place for such lewd issues, aside from our strong Christian ethics, though the pace of globalisation is fast catching up with us. Besides, we are not an advanced country yet. Thus prostitution, the oldest institution in the world, is not legalised yet in Ghana, though it is practised overtly (as well as covertly when the authorities crack the whip).

Let me don on my Harvard case study hat and hypothesise. (Case study is set in the early 60s). Esi Eduwa is a middle- aged woman in her late 30s, trailing four children from two failed marriages. Esi is a very intelligent girl who was in sixth form in one of our prestigious high schools. Had she continued with her career, she could have become a medical doctor of repute. A very handsome gentleman came along to propose marriage to her. She became infatuated and she could not resist the charming and handsome Casanova. There started her woes and sad odyssey.

The upshot was that she became pregnant and had to abandon her education and become a housewife. Unfortunately for her, the guy left her with two kids and bolted to London, with the plausible excuse that he would come back for her and she would complete her education over there. Apparently, the boy's parents did not approve of the marriage between a Fante girl and an Akwapim lad. Hmmmmm! Those were those old days of tribal bigotry and insularity.

Being stranded in life, Esi settled for an elderly man who was an agent for one of the shipping lines, Elder Dempster Palm Lines. The elderly man used to swamp Esi with imported goodies such as perfumed rice, bacon, Exeter cornered beef, sardines, cabin biscuits, among others. The elderly man confessed he was married before but divorced.

Esi fell for the bait. Not long after consummating the marriage, the real wife pitched up and Esi's marriage went up in flames. Esi had had the hang of marriage and had hit the roof, almost at her wits end. She grudgingly relocated to Tema, a bustling newly constructed harbour city bristling with myriads of begging opportunities

She left her four children with her aged mum at Saltpond. In Tema, she was staying with a friend who eventually initiated her into the seedy red light night life of Tema, in the precincts of Meridian Hotel. She was madly head over heels in love with the trendy highlife bands of the time, Broadway, Uhuru, Sky Larks, Sky Hawks, Eddie Ntreh, Ramblers, The Tempos, among others. She took to smoking, binge drinking and debauchery. Her favourite customers were ship captains and pilots. They say, the rest is history.

Prostitution is said to be the oldest profession in the world as it is as old as the hills. It is the practice of selling one’s body for money by offering sex at a negotiated price. Prostitution comes in different classes and guises. There are men who live with women they picked from the streets and who have not been formally acknowledged as wives, because the man has not stood on ceremony with them.

In the Bible, notorious prostitutes include Jezebel during the time of King Ahab, Delilah who entrapped Samson for him to be captured and overpowered, Salome who gave the erotic dance before King Herod on his birthday, Mary Magdalene who was rescued by Jesus from being stoned by the Pharisees, Gomer, Hosea’s wife, among many others.

In Ghana, our late Prime Minister from 1969 to 1972, Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia, an Oxford Sociologist, wrote his thesis on Prostitution in the Sekondi-Takoradi area in 1950 (Report on a Social Survey of Sekondi-Takoradi 1950) . When we were young in the 50s and 60s, we used to call whores or harlots as Tuutuufo or Maame-I-dey- Come or Simpowa-Simpowa. In my hometown Winneba, there was an area called Pepe Tsiefidanho, on Victoria Road, where there are many rocks.

Some light-skinned Calabar women made their shacks in the area, and men who were sexually challenged and impassioned, went there to relieve themselves at a fee. You would often see those middle-aged women sitting outside their shacks, waiting for customers.

In those days in the 60s, we were young so we derived fun by shouting out the derogatory name, ‘Tuutuufo and run away after the verbal assault. We did not know that those foreign women were in real business. I came across a lot of Ghanaian harlots in Nigeria in the 80s (from January 1981 to July 1991) in places such as Lagos, Abeokuta, Ibadan, among others. They were mostly young girls between 18 and 30.

There was a time I was in a remote village in Ogun State when a posse of Ghanaian prostitutes landed in our village. One of our male light-skinned compatriots, who was a heavy smoker and acolyte of Ogogoro (Akpeteshie) or local gin, welcomed them in his quarters and started spreading the word to believers and patrons. In my school, there were thirteen Ghanaian teachers, two ladies and eleven men.

We also had four teachers in another village, about four kilometres from us. One of my best friends went for one of the posse of harlots. Later, he confided in me that he had contracted a very severe and deadly strain of STI, which according to him, was worrying him a lot. He said the disease was causing him to be mentally deranged and disturbed. He was an accomplished Chemistry and Biology major.

I also lived in a part of Lagos in Ikeja, at Adekunle Village, where in a nearby restaurant, about five Ghanaian prostitutes made their base. One of them used to come to me to write her letters for her as they all held me in high esteem and took me as a role model.

Unfortunately, after living in Lagos for six years without bedding any woman (out of my strong Christian ethics and beliefs, and strong personal morals), I fell pray to a dark-skinned, vociferous lady whom I had encountered at a Ghanaian eating place, popularly known as Auntie B’s Chop Bar. The young and beautiful Ashanti lady I wooed agreed to be my friend.

I shall call her Gertrude. After some time, Gertrude moved to where I was staying. Being illiterate, she was supposed to be mellow. When later I got to know her well, she revealed a lot of vicissitudes she had gone through in life, and the sort of men she had been with, including pilots, policemen, teachers, medical doctors, among others.

I provided for her needs and I was prepared to marry her, on condition that she stopped smoking and drinking Ogogoro, or stopped dressing up every evening and going to late Fela’s Shrine at Ikeja. She was very beautiful, very noisy and flamboyant and excessively social. I saw that she respected me a lot for my strong moral character and education, but I found her a very hard nut to crack.

My friends were very jealous of her, and my Nigerian neighbours did not approve of her, as they asked me if I did not have sober women in my home town to choose from. To be frank, I had the hell of my life living with the Ghanaian lady I had picked from an eating place in Lagos. I think I shall here save the story of Gertrude till another time as it will fill a whole novel.

(I hope Paa Kwesi Mintah will not come after me with his cudgel and mental scalpel to skin my scalp with his acerbic aspersions, for, we all have some skeletons in our cupboards, don’t we? I parted company with Gertrude, the strange Ghanaian lady in 1988, when she relocated to Ghana to her hometown, about 60 kilometres north of Kumasi.

The last time I saw her was in 1991 when she had a set of male twins by someone else. I heard of a story of a Ghanaian who went to a very remote part of the Amazon river in Brazil. He was told there was a black woman living in the area. When he was shown the place, he was shocked to learn that the woman was a Fante woman like himself. Those Ghanaians in Nigeria who trekked on foot to Libya in the Sahara Desert (the Mungo Parks and David Livingstones of this world) were reported to have come across some Ghanaian women prostitutes in unlikely places such as Gao, Timbuctoo in Mali and Agadir on the margins of the desert.

Some young conmen in Ghana lured beautiful girls to Lagos and they used dubious means to give them foreign passports, other than Ghanaian passports, to send them to Canada. On one occasion, one of the girls was held up at Madrid Airport for questioning. She was half-literate. When asked what she was going to do in Canada, she replied, ‘I am going to do politics in Canada.’

She had meant to say that she was going to seek political asylum in Canada. In the 80s and 90s, most Ghanaians abroad sought political asylum as they reported that the Rawlings regime was persecuting them. I met some of such people in Lagos, under the care of UNHCR. Some of the young girls trafficked to Lagos, ended up being stranded for months on end, in run-down hotels and eventually, out of hardship and frustration, some became prostitutes.

It was very sad indeed to see very young and beautiful Ghanaian ladies, some well educated, ending up in the hands of conmen who deceived them into believing that they were being ferried to El-dorado in Canada, via a temporary transit camp in Lagos. Why do some ladies fall prey to prostitution?

Is it the easy way out? We know that myriad problems, physical, social, economic and emotional, do assail them. Girls are vulnerable as they easily attract the attention of the opposite sex. If they do not do well at school, they easily give up and they plan to have the easy way out to make up for their deficiency.

Some girls in Ghana come from poor homes. On coming of age and completing their education, they may journey from their villages to the cities to live with relatives while looking for employment. It is in the city that they get over- exposed and they fall prey to sugar daddies and young men, who only want to use them and dump them (hit-and-run guys).

This can escalate into many unwanted pregnancies and abortions. The girls have desire to buy nice clothes, eat good food and socialise in five star hotels or drive the latest cars. Due to peer pressure and the desire to help their extended families, they may fall into prostitution in order to make quick bucks. People from the Gomoa area in Fanteland and the Kwahu area in Ashanti, are aware of Gomua Two Weeks and Kwahu Easter, respectively.

The girls will like to go back home on such occasions looking chic. They may prostitute in order to earn enough money to help pay school fees of their younger sibling back home, or to send remittances to their aged parents or help renovate the living quarters of their parents. So, we can see that unemployment, poverty, illiteracy, peer pressure, greed, sexual pleasure and lack of high morals are the causes of prostitution anywhere in the world. Nymphomaniacs are women whose sexual appetite is so huge that one man cannot satisfy them.

Such women become prostitutes. Likewise, men become peripatetic philanderers. Prostitutes are looked down upon with scorn in Ghana, yet they are part of us, and deserve our sympathies. They need to be sympathised with because in most cases, they are victims of severe and austere circumstances, and of course it takes two to tango.

Behind every prostitute are numerous male customers, some well-heeled members of the society. There are girls who have single parents (their mothers), as their fathers neglected them or they divorced their mothers. When girls are neglected, they are more vulnerable than boys. Boys may fall prey to drugs, armed robbery and hooliganism. We need to have social interventions to support and rehabilitate prostitutes in Ghana.

In Zambia, they are called Hule.

Prostitutes run the risk of suffering from diseases such as fistula, cervical cancer, STDs and STIs, contracting HIV/AIDS, unwanted pregnancies and sometimes, being physically assaulted. In Lagos, one of my Ghanaian teacher friends lived in a place called Ketu. He told me that one day; the Ghanaian prostitutes in his area were all sitting in front of their rooms, outside in the open, waiting for customers.

One male customer came and went inside with one of the ladies. After he was supposedly done and gone, they called their friend but she was not responding. They rushed inside her room only to behold the ghastly spectacle that she was in a pool of blood, with her private part cut off and missing. Such a great risk! Prostitutes need to have some form of social insurance, as well as some form of medical care, as they are prone to many sexually transmitted infections such as chancre, gonorrhea, syphilis, among others.

Condom use is not foolproof in orgasmistic circumstances. Recently, it is on record that remittances from abroad to Ghana have reached record levels of about 2.5 billion dollars a year. Some of these remittances come from Ghanaian prostitutes outside the country in places such as Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Burkina Faso, Turkey, Cote d’ Voire, Nigeria, Liberia, UK and Germany. Prostitution is illegal in Ghana.

A study conducted by the International Organisation for Migration and published on 12th April 2013, reveals that there are between 40,000 to 50,000 prostitutes in Ghana with 90% being the mobile kind, and 10% being sedentary or fixed in one place. The latter live in brothels and tend to be older. The former type, who are mobile, are highly susceptible to HIV/AIDS infection. They move about to places like Tema, Techiman and Kumasi on the Tema-Paga route. These roamers are dangerous as they are carriers of HIV/AIDS.

However, it was noted that prostitutes in Ghana encourage the use of condoms and they do carry packs for their job, and they ensure you pay upfront and they are the ones to enrobe you with the condom as a precaution against being short-changed. Some investigative journalism has been done by veterans such as Anas Amereyaw Anas and Fati Shaibu Ali.

Their investigations show that in Accra, a prostitute can make as much as the equivalent of 100 dollars a night or more, depending on the clients. Thus, prostitution is a hidden gold mine waiting to be exploited, they concluded in their report.

Prostitutes are easily identified in Red light areas and street corners at night, dressed in suggestive clothes, with heavy make-ups and wielding their trademark bags of indescribable contents, and of course tugging on some cigarette, with heavy lay on aromatic perfumes. We were intrigued in the late 70s at the University of Ghana where at Volta Hall, whenever we went visiting, we found many posh cars packed there, by ostensibly rich and famished patrons who had come to service some of our university girls.

We were also told that some of our varsity girls often travelled to Lome in Togo at the weekends to practise prostitution in some of the 5 star hotels there, where they used to hold many international conferences. Empirical work which has been done on Ghanaian prostitutes in Europe, shows that most of them are in Italy, where some are living in abject and wretched conditions.

It is known that some tourists come to Ghana to engage in sex-tourism. Well, since sex is a social issue, it is difficult to erect barriers around it. It is a reciprocal act as Ghanaian males abroad may also patronise some sex workers. Behind every prostitute, there are seemingly many decent men. In Ghana, prostitution is perceived to be rife in urban and rural areas such as Krobo Odumase, Koforidua, Takoradi, Cape Coast, Tema, Nyakrom and Kumasi.

In the city, many rural urban migrants lose their strict rural moral values and they become anomie or nondescript city dwellers. It is not uncommon for poor parents in the cities to rush their teenage girls into child prostitution so that they can earn income for them. This is where the danger of teenage pregnancies becomes high. In my own town of Winneba, where we have the University of Winneba, the large vibrant student population is driving up the incidence of prostitution because of high incidence of poverty and youth unemployment.

Among many tribes in Ghana now, pre-marital sex is no more a worrying issue. With social networks on the boom, such as Facebook, What’s up, Twitter, LinkedIn, it is becoming increasingly easy for people to network and practise e-prostitution. Improvement in information communication technology (ICT) has led to easy hook-ups, with m-prostitution also on the upsurge, through the use of cell phones.

Until the twin problems of youth unemployment and abject poverty are resolved, the incidence of prostitution in Ghana will worsen. Nonetheless, prostitution is as old as Adam and it cannot be totally eradicated but attempts to deal with it will drive it underground. Some EU countries have legalized prostitution and they are called sex workers or social assistants. Some Recommendations 1. NGOs and Churches should provide intervention for identified prostitutes, by rehabilitating them through skills training and education. 2. We should campaign vigorously against human trafficking. 3. We should increase access to education for the girl child to reduce the high drop- out rate among girls. 4. We should encourage families in Ghana to embed and deepen family values. 5. Patrons of prostitutes should also be arrested and punished 6. IOM should help Ghanaian prostitutes abroad to relocate to Ghana. This may, however, drop GDP in some countries. 7. Parents should try to provide for their girl child. 8. Some prostitute returnees are seen to have acquired a lot of material wealth such as cars, clothes, suitcases, buildings and money so much so that some ignorant and illiterate mothers encourage their daughters to follow the lead of those successful returnees. We should, therefore, spread the word and tell them the truth, discouraging them to send their daughters abroad at the flimsiest excuse of going to seek greener pastures, and then they fall on hard times and become prostitutions.

In 1967, whilst at the teacher training college at Komenda, I was enthralled by reading the book, Cry the Beloved Country, written by South African novelist, Alan Paton. The book started something like this, ‘All roads lead to Johannesburg. They go and never return to the village hearth’. The main character in the book was Reverend Stephen Kumalo, who had trudged all the way to Johannesburg (Egoli or City of Gold), from rural Ndotseni in Natal, in search of his long gone sister and son.

Gertrude, Reverend Kumalo's sister, was living in a squalid, crime-infested area called Sophiatown, brewing illicit gin and selling it to thousands of miners who also patronized her sex trade. One acquaintance of Reverend Kumalo, Reverend Msimangu, was economical with the truth as he spoke euphemistically that his sister was seriously ill.

Reverend Kumalo did not know that it was a different kind of illness, of social sickness of prostitution, lechery, debauchery, drugs, crime and being on the fast lane of life. Do our young folk read books enough these days? We have to revive the reading culture among them, for, in novels such as Cry the Beloved Country, we acquire gems of knowledge to guide us through our lives.

In Zambia where I live, we have a company called Zambeef which sells Zambeef, Zammilk, Zamchic. There are hot chics in Zambia but one has got to be careful because of HIVAIDS. Perhaps, one has to have life assurance with Zamsure before taking the risk of bedding any Zamchic operating in the red light zone.

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princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

The Madam opened the brothel door in New Orleans and saw a rather dignified, well-dressed, good-looking man in his late forties or early fifties.
—”May I help you sir”’ she asked.

—”I want to see Valerie, plea ...
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The Madam opened the brothel door in New Orleans and saw a rather dignified, well-dressed, good-looking man in his late forties or early fifties.
—”May I help you sir”’ she asked.

—”I want to see Valerie, please,” the man replied.

—”Sir, Valerie is one of our most expensive ladies. Perhaps you would prefer someone else”, said the Madam.

—”No, Ma’am, I must see Valerie,” he replied with determination.

Just then, Valerie appeared and announced to the man. She charged $5,000 a visit. Without hesitation, the man pulled out five thousand dollars from his wallet and gave them to Valerie, and they went upstairs. After an hour, the man left calmly.

The next evening, the well-dressed man appeared again, once more demanding to see Valerie. Valerie explained that no one had ever come back two nights in a row, as she was too expensive. There were no discounts. The price was still $5,000.

Again, the man pulled out the money, gave it to Valerie, and they went upstairs. After an hour, he left.

The following night the man was there yet again. Everyone was astounded that he had come for a third consecutive night, but he paid Valerie and they went upstairs.

After their session, Valerie said to the distinguished customer, “No one has ever been with me three nights in a row. Where are you from?”

—The man replied, “Wichita, Kansas”.

—”Really”, she said. “I have family in Wichita.”

—”I know.” the man said. “Your sister died, and I am her attorney. She asked me to give you your $15,000 inheritance.”

The moral of the story is that three things in life are certain:

Death
2Taxes
3]Being screwed by a lawyer for free.
4]The Government should legalize Prostitution so that they will pay taxes,have good treatment so that they will not spread disease in the country.
Akadu Mensema 10 years ago

"I was dating a military officer; sponsored him and when he graduated and became an officer, he dumped me. In fact, I had a broken heart, and decided I will never have anything to do with a black man."

"I was dating a military officer; sponsored him and when he graduated and became an officer, he dumped me. In fact, I had a broken heart, and decided I will never have anything to do with a black man."
EZEKIEL 10 years ago

A WHITE guy could have dumped you too!! DON'T be SO BIASED! Ask YOURSELF what YOU might ALSO have done WRONG !!!
No doubt, I NOW understand WHY you write such Poems ? Essays?????

A WHITE guy could have dumped you too!! DON'T be SO BIASED! Ask YOURSELF what YOU might ALSO have done WRONG !!!
No doubt, I NOW understand WHY you write such Poems ? Essays?????
Vodoo Xebieso 10 years ago

My dear Akadu, I reckon you've stopped the prostitution business you've been doing all these days in Lome-Togo at Hotel d'Royale !!!

My dear Akadu, I reckon you've stopped the prostitution business you've been doing all these days in Lome-Togo at Hotel d'Royale !!!
liv 10 years ago

Did the GIS issue work permits to these ECOWAS women? If not deport them immediately.

Did the GIS issue work permits to these ECOWAS women? If not deport them immediately.
KOBINA 10 years ago

GOD LOVES YOU ALL SO REPENT.B'COS JESUS IS COMING SOON

GOD LOVES YOU ALL SO REPENT.B'COS JESUS IS COMING SOON
Mr Kwaku Yaw 10 years ago

Funny! where is he coming from?

Funny! where is he coming from?
RAW 10 years ago

SEX EVERYWHER.. GHANA SHOULDNT BE TURNED INTO SODOM & GOMORRA

SEX EVERYWHER.. GHANA SHOULDNT BE TURNED INTO SODOM & GOMORRA
Wiafe 10 years ago

Why do the prostitutes go to the President instead of the AMA? Do they know something that we don't? Though we know our president as Atopahene, I don't think he'd overtly become a client this time.

Why do the prostitutes go to the President instead of the AMA? Do they know something that we don't? Though we know our president as Atopahene, I don't think he'd overtly become a client this time.
GAIN THE WORLD AND LOSES HIS LIFE 10 years ago

WWWW

WWWW
Seldom 10 years ago

Those advocating this are a menace to society and should be ashamed of themselves. Hopefully they have families. If they do, theirs families should discipline them severely. Disgusting people.

Those advocating this are a menace to society and should be ashamed of themselves. Hopefully they have families. If they do, theirs families should discipline them severely. Disgusting people.
Nunoo 10 years ago

ignore that pres

ignore that pres
Jingo Bell 10 years ago

Homosexuals want Ghana to legalized their satanic lifestyle, and prostitutes too want legalization of their satanic and diseases carrying activities in Ghana. What is Satan up to in Ghana?

When you have demonic thieves and ...
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Homosexuals want Ghana to legalized their satanic lifestyle, and prostitutes too want legalization of their satanic and diseases carrying activities in Ghana. What is Satan up to in Ghana?

When you have demonic thieves and teenage fucker parliamentarians, that is what you get in your country.
Gifty 10 years ago

My fellow ladies should know that sex trade is not the option from poverty.

My fellow ladies should know that sex trade is not the option from poverty.
mr Tina 10 years ago

beware most of them are not ghanaians. We can not aprove a law to suit foreigners. They can go back to thier countries.

beware most of them are not ghanaians. We can not aprove a law to suit foreigners. They can go back to thier countries.
justice 10 years ago

Do u need a travelling biometric passport within 5 working days? Do u need a birth Cert within 24hrs? pls call Justice on 0265854991 for help.

Do u need a travelling biometric passport within 5 working days? Do u need a birth Cert within 24hrs? pls call Justice on 0265854991 for help.
debookwormer 10 years ago

mahama shld use his senses what they are meant for before its too late....think wisely prezzz

mahama shld use his senses what they are meant for before its too late....think wisely prezzz
Dixon 10 years ago

SHAMEFUL BUSINESS PATRONIZED BY SHAMEFUL and DISGRACEFUL LIVING DEAD CONSCIENCE MEN! THEY SHOULD STOP BUYING THEIR PRODUCTS AND THEY WILL STOP SPREADING DISEASES AND PREMATURE DEATHS! THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT LEGALISE THIS ...
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SHAMEFUL BUSINESS PATRONIZED BY SHAMEFUL and DISGRACEFUL LIVING DEAD CONSCIENCE MEN! THEY SHOULD STOP BUYING THEIR PRODUCTS AND THEY WILL STOP SPREADING DISEASES AND PREMATURE DEATHS! THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT LEGALISE THIS RATHER ARRREST THEM AND CREATE SOME GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT FOR THEM - THEIR BODIES ARE GOD'S DWELLING PLACE AND THEY CAN PUT THESE BODIES INTO A GLORIOUS USE WHEN THEY ARE ASSISTED BY THE PUBLIC AND CHURCHES TO SEEK GOD - THE ANSWER TO THEIR PLIGHT IS NOT LEGALISATION: CHRIST JESUS IS THEIR ANSWER, HE WILL TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND - THEY SHOULD INVITE THE LIVING JESUS INTO THEIR LIVES AND THEY WILL NEVER REMAIN THE SAME! MONEY DOESN'T ANSWER ALL THINGS, CHRIST DOES!
ONYAME NIPA (Man Of God) USA 10 years ago

AMEN AMEN OOOOOOOO

AMEN AMEN OOOOOOOO
nicman@atl 10 years ago

Ms. Effia Alhassan you can never trust a begging Ghanaian man period

Ms. Effia Alhassan you can never trust a begging Ghanaian man period
Abena 10 years ago

HIV is waiting for you guys you patronise the services of these prostitutes. You will die early and leave your children especially you married man.Stick to your wives.

HIV is waiting for you guys you patronise the services of these prostitutes. You will die early and leave your children especially you married man.Stick to your wives.
DAN 10 years ago

if she is doing drugs or sleeping with other men and don't know it..At least with whore you know to use condom..while you wife or husband will infect you because you won't be using condom!

if she is doing drugs or sleeping with other men and don't know it..At least with whore you know to use condom..while you wife or husband will infect you because you won't be using condom!
Odeneho 10 years ago

Eiiii...god save gh

Eiiii...god save gh
Asiwome 10 years ago

They are wives in waiting. Don't bring a curse on yourselves by taking advantage of others. It is a natural law.

They are wives in waiting. Don't bring a curse on yourselves by taking advantage of others. It is a natural law.
Akadu Mensema 10 years ago

Ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
OPANIN KWAKU ATTA 10 years ago

I SALUTE THESE BRAVE LADIES,FOR COMING FORWARD TO FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS.A TIME HAS COME FOR THE NATION TO SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THE GREAT SERVICES THESE LADIES ARE RENDERING TO THE PEOPLE OF GHANA.SINCE THE COST OF LI ...
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I SALUTE THESE BRAVE LADIES,FOR COMING FORWARD TO FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS.A TIME HAS COME FOR THE NATION TO SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THE GREAT SERVICES THESE LADIES ARE RENDERING TO THE PEOPLE OF GHANA.SINCE THE COST OF LIVING IS TOO HIGH,I PRAY THESE LADIES WILL CONSIDER TO REDUCE THEIR CHARGES.
Odeneho Amankwah 10 years ago

They know very well that mahama has been patronizing their business that's why they are channelling their plea through him

They know very well that mahama has been patronizing their business that's why they are channelling their plea through him
yaw thomas 10 years ago

may the almighty Allah bless them and change them from this situation and bring them under his umbrella Amen.

may the almighty Allah bless them and change them from this situation and bring them under his umbrella Amen.
Wiseman. 10 years ago

This's need not to be published. I think there are other important social issues to talk about.

This's need not to be published. I think there are other important social issues to talk about.
Naijaman 10 years ago

Ghana women fucked in Ivory Coast, fucked in Nigeria and everywhere and now asking for legalisation. The first woman I fucked was a Ghanaian woman operating in Agege. She charged me 2 Nairas for Short Time sex.

Ghana women fucked in Ivory Coast, fucked in Nigeria and everywhere and now asking for legalisation. The first woman I fucked was a Ghanaian woman operating in Agege. She charged me 2 Nairas for Short Time sex.
Pancho 10 years ago

No wonder they are petitioning him for help. He use to go chop chop some of these ladies or they will expose him

No wonder they are petitioning him for help. He use to go chop chop some of these ladies or they will expose him
Tragedy 10 years ago

Is this a joke? Soon all africans are going to have hiv, because of prostitutes and users and abusers.

Is this a joke? Soon all africans are going to have hiv, because of prostitutes and users and abusers.

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