Editor’s note: Christmas has always been a period of business boom for some certain professions and among these Christmas-friendly occupations is the age-long trade of prostitution. However, this year’s Christmas has been an exception. In this report, kelvin richman , alaba tv news Editor writes about the plights of Lagos prostitutes during this year’s Yuletide.

Lagos prostitutes say this year's Christmas was not
delightful for them.
A popular brothel called 7up, which is on the
same road with the Synagogue Church of All
Nations in Ikotun area of Lagos state, can be
best described as lifeless when alaba TV news  paid a
visit to its cigarette-smoke filled bar on
Christmas eve.
To a casual observer, everything was in order
because the brothel was not without its
flamboyant paraphernalia of coloured lights,
blaring music and assortment of enticing and
scantily-dressed prostitutes.
But to regular visitors to brothels, things were
not well. Intimacy was not in the air and that
was the lifeline of brothels and motels.
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The observation was confirmed immediately
Hawa, a friendly prostitute with a nice shape
who alaba TV news  reporter had met earlier at a
banking hall in Ikotun came around.
Hawa, in response to question on the general
situation of things on the job, waved her right
hand at the low turn-out and gloomy look of
waiting prostitutes and said “ Buhari has finished
us.”
After sipping from her favourite big stout drink
which the bar man brought over without an
order from her, she went on to tell NAIJ.com
how the Christmas has been a disaster for all
the girls.
She said:
"If money no dey for Christmas, wetin men wan spend
for we wey be ashawo? In all the 5 years that I have
been here, this is our worst Christmas.
"All the guys you are seeing now are only here to drink,
smoke and enjoy the vibe. They are not coming in to
relieve themselves of the extra sperm they carry about.
Even those who want it badly are giving us low prices.
"It’s really a terrible situation. The recession is really
harming us all. And na that Buhari cause am. Imagine
me that used to have customers round the clock during
Christmas and New Year period cannot even boast of
one customer now.
"I am not sure those guys who always pay extra money
to shout ‘Happy New Year’ inside me will even be
coming this year. Buhari no do am well at all."
Alaba TV news observation confirmed Hawa’s
submission. Despite low turnout, there were
men around, smoking, drinking, and watching
a replay match on the television, but there were
no price wrangling at a corner and no guys
were talking with girls in the passage - the girls
were just there, loittering, waiting and hoping
as the music blared.