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Governor Bala Mohammed administration is set to conduct a census of all commercial sex workers in Bauchi state.
This was disclosed by the Commissioner in charge of Hisbah and Shariah implementation, Aminu Balarabe-Isah.
Speaking during a sensitization workshop organised for commercial sex workers, Aminu said that the state needed accurate data of the prostitutes.
He noted that the information generated from the exercise would help the commission take measures aimed at discouraging prostitutes from their dangerous trade.
According to him, the Bauchi Government was planning to organise and coordinate empowerment programmes for them with the provision of funds to start small-scale businesses.
Aminu Isah explained that government's investigations indicated that most of the prostitutes took to prostitution due to neglect, poverty, illiteracy, or maltreatment meted out to them by their stepmothers.
The Commissoner assured that government would make efforts to reunite them with their families and also organise mass marriages for those fortunate enough to get serious suitors.
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