Commercial
s*x workers operating at Pedro Hotel in Azikiwe Street in Mile 2, Port
Harcourt, Rivers State on Thursday protested over plan by its manager to force
them to
attend night vigil expected to hold yesterday night, Thursday July 27.
It was
learnt that the s*x hawkers became angry with the manager when he insisted that
every occupant of the hotel must join the night vigil or her room would be
padlocked until the vigil is over.
The manager
who did not mention his name while he was shouting on the ladies said he has
been shifting the date of the vigil to accommodate the ladies’ view, adding
that nothing will stop him from postponing the vigil again.
He noted
that the night vigil was for the interest of the ladies and the business,
stressing further that any lady who failed to attend the vigil will see the
other side of him.
Speaking to
The Nation correspondent, the receptionist said nobody is in support of the
plan to host night vigil in a brothel.
She
disclosed further that the manager was approached by a pastor who now made him
to believe that hosting night vigil with the ladies will increase God’s
blessings and prosperity on the business.
She said the
ladies have made their intention clear that they are not going to attend the
vigil, adding that the choice of worshipping God is in the hand of the
individual which cannot be forced upon.
One of the
s*x hawkers, who simply gave her name as Rose, said they have talk to the
manager that such plan cannot work because they are in the business which they
cannot leave to attend night vigil.
She said
they are not against night vigil because sometimes some of them worship their
God and also attend night vigil when it pleases them.
"The
manager is just wasting his time, we are going to see what would happen
tonight, we are here for business and not for some religious patronage. By
tomorrow we are going to pay our rent because we pay him every Friday of the
week.
“How do we
cope to meet up with our rent? If we attend night vigil tonight is he going to
allow us to stay in the rooms without payment. Another question I want to ask
is that are we going to leave our customers at the room who have already paid
for daybreak, so it is not going to happen."
-The Nation
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