Just as some organizations are not happy with President Nana Akufo-Addo
over the 2017 budget, even some commercial sex workers are also not pleased
with the budget which was recently read in the parliament.
In an exclusive interview with mynewsgh.com, the President of prostitutes and it members in
Kumasi complained that the 2017 budget does not directly address problems in
their business.
'We were expecting
the government to remove taxes on the importation of condoms so that more
people will get interested in the prostitution business.
It's discriminatory
that the budget captured head porters and left us. Meanwhile, the work we do is
more difficult than them that's why we need government assistance to carry our
work.
'If government
announces free condoms for us, that one alone will make our work easier without
fear of contracting any sexually transmitted diseases and also it will attract
clients,' they said.
They also said that legalizing their work will help the government to
develop the nation through their taxes.
They have therefore appealed to President Nana Akufo-Addo to consider
them by initiating a free distribution of condoms and also legalize
prostitution so the work will be safe for them.
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